• What is Etyl Acetate?

Etyl Acetate

Ethyl acetate is a colorless organic compound with the chemical formula CH3COOCH2CH3.

Ethyl Acetate World Market

• Global ethyl acetate production capacity (2018): 4,900,000 metric tons.

• Global Ethyl Acetate Demand Capacity (2018): 3,990,000 metric tons.

• Asia has overcapacity, while North America and Europe depend on imports from Asia to meet domestic demand. 80% of global ethyl acetate capacity is Asian-based.

• Belgium is the largest importer of ethyl acetate, with large imports coming from Mexico and the UK due to free trade agreements between the two regions.

• China, the hub of ethyl acetate capacity, is the largest exporter of ethyl acetate to other regions.

Use Of Ethyl Acetate In The World

• %59,8 of ethyl acetate demand consists of paint and coating sector

• %15,1 consists of adhesive sector

• %12,8 consists of ink and printing sector

• %7,3 consists of pharmaceutical sector

• %5 of other sectors

Ethyl Acetate Areas Of Use

Paint Industry

Ethyl acetate is used as a solvent or as a hardener in paint industry. It is used as solvent in some coatings and plastic products. It is used as solvent in wood paint and coating varnish.

Printing and Packaging Industry

It is used in photocopy and printers in liquid nitrocellulose ink. It is used as thinner solvent for flexography printing and gravure printing in printing industry.

Printing Inks Sector

It is used as a raw material in the printing sector, in liquid nitrocellulose ink and in the inks of photocopiers and printers.

Adhesive Industry

It is used as filler liquid with binder in the product.

Solvent and Diluent

It is used as a low-cost solvent and diluent in various industries.

Lab

It is used in the recovery of acetic acid and ethyl alcohol by hydrolysis method in acidic or basic conditions under laboratory conditions.

In the laboratory, mixtures containing ethyl acetate are commonly used for calibration in the columns of the gas chromatography device.

It is used as dissolvent in some bulk products in pharmaceutical industry.

It is used in organic syntheses.

It is used for Environmental Protection and analysis of pesticide residues.

Pharmaceutical Industry

It is used as solvent raw material in some finished and semi-finished products in pharmaceutical industry.

Food Industry

It is used for decaffeination in coffee beans and tea leaves.

It is widely used as an ester in wine production, while in foods it is used as a volatile organic acid.

Leather Industry

It is used as solvent in resins used in leather production.

Cosmetics Industry

As it is commonly known, it is used in perfume production and it is the raw material that leaves the scent of perfume on the skin and evaporates quickly.

It is used as a nail polish remover in the content of products such as acetone and acetonitrile.

Lubricating Oils Sector

Some types of synthetic based lubricants are used in the industry as diluents and fillers.

Other Sectors

It's used in smokeless powders.

In nickel plating solutions, it is used as a solvent variety in electrolysis process.

It is used as a developer in semiconductors.

Other products containing ethyl acetate;

• Aerosol paint concentrates

• Engraving inks

• Lubricating oils

• Multifaceted aromatics

• Versatile paint and related products

• Moisturizing creams

• Nail dye removers

• Nail polishes

• Solvent type packaging inks

• Paint thinners, computer equipment

• In wet / moist wipes

• Shoe polishes and cleaners

• Synthetic resins and rubber adhesives