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Environmental Applications
Other
Price
Trade
Central and Eastern Europe
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Consumption
Middle East/Africa
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Salient Statistics
Consumption
Chemicals and Laundry Products
Organic chemicals
Inorganic chemicals and laundry products
Water treatment
Electronics
Pulp and Paper
Textiles
Food
Other
Price
Trade
Imports
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Other Asia
China
Summary
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Salient Statistics
Consumption
Textile bleaching
Pulp bleaching
Chemical manufacture
Other
Forecast
Price
Trade
India
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Salient Statistics
Indonesia
Republic of Korea
Pakistan
Singapore
Taiwan
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  Hydrogen Peroxide
   
  Stefan Schlag and Kazuteru Yokose
  Published January 2006
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  Abstract
   
 

Apparent consumption of hydrogen peroxide on a global basis is believed to have been almost 3 million metric tons in 2004. Consumption has increased substantially over the past few years, driven by global growth in the pulp and paper industry, in particular in China, Southeast Asia and South America. In South America, mining is a growing demand sector. In North America, consumption is projected to grow by about 1.8% and growth in Japan is forecast to be about 4.5%. Consumption will increase in Western Europe at an average annual rate of 4.8% over 2004–2009, with the largest part of the additional consumption accounted for by the production of propylene oxide using the HPPO process.

The following graph shows consumption of hydrogen peroxide by end use in North America, Western Europe and Japan:

The primary factor driving past and projected growth in hydrogen peroxide consumption is concern for the environment. Hydrogen peroxide, which decomposes into water and oxygen, is replacing oxidizing compounds such as chlorine in pulp bleaching and other applications. Hydrogen peroxide is also used as-is or in an activated form to treat inorganic and organic pollutants in industrial and municipal applications. While the hydrogen peroxide market has traditionally been diversified across a broad spectrum of uses, rapid growth in consumption in pulp bleaching has forced the business to be driven primarily by demand in this one application.

Over the 2004–2009 period, hydrogen peroxide consumption will continue to be driven by demand in pulp bleaching and the new application of propylene oxide production, which is scheduled to start in 2008 and will consume an estimated 150 thousand metric tons by 2009. Demand in China, South America, Eastern Europe and Other Asia is projected to grow faster than in the developed regions.

 
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