Sec butyl acetate price index

Sec butyl acetate price December 2025 and outlook (see chart below)

• Northeast Asia:US$0.71/KG, -4.1% down

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Sec butyl acetate price index

This post is a summary of the Sec butyl acetate price developments. The price developments of Sec butyl acetate are expressed in US$ prices converted FX rates applicable at the time when the price was valid. Sec butyl acetate price index developments are calculated from multiple separate sources of data to ensure statistical accuracy.

The outlook for Sec butyl acetate prices is generated from different inputs including:

• Very recent price developments of immediate cost drivers of Sec butyl acetate prices
• Recent price developments of underlying feedstocks which drive the price of Sec butyl acetate
• Market futures for both cost drives and feedstocks of Sec butyl acetate prices
• Adjustment of current supply/demand imbalances in the Sec butyl acetate market
• Longer term trends in likely demand conditions

What is Sec butyl acetate and what is it used for

Sec-butyl acetate (also written s-butyl acetate; CAS 105-46-4) is an organic ester (C₆H₁₂O₂) — a clear, flammable liquid with a sweet fruity odor — commonly used as a solvent. It is used as a volatile solvent and thinner in paints, lacquers and enamels, printing inks and coatings, and in some pharmaceutical and specialty applications (for example in certain fragrance/spice intermediates and as a processing solvent).

How is Sec butyl acetate produced

Industrial production is typically by esterification: reacting sec-butanol (or related butanol feedstocks) with acetic acid under acid catalysis, or by the direct addition of acetic acid to butenes (butylene) over catalysts. Several process variants and improvements (transesterification, improved acid catalysts, distillation/flow-sheet optimizations) have been reported to reduce cost, corrosion and by-products. Patents and technical papers describe both conventional esterification routes and modern butylene + acetic-acid catalytic routes for large-scale manufacture.

How large is the global market for Sec butyl acetate

Market figures published specifically for the sec-butyl-acetate niche are limited in the public domain; most commercial reports treat sec-butyl acetate as one isomer within the broader butyl-acetate family. Global butyl acetate market estimates (all isomers combined) vary by source but are commonly reported in the range of low-to-single-digit billions USD and around 1–2 million tonnes of consumption (recent industry reports put the butyl acetate market value in the multiple-billion USD range and project mid single-digit CAGR). Because sec-butyl acetate is a subset of that market (used in similar end-uses as n- and isobutyl acetate), these broader butyl-acetate numbers are usually used as a practical proxy for market context.

Where is Sec butyl acetate produced

Production is global but concentrated where petrochemical/chemical intermediates and solvent manufacture are strong. Major manufacturing and supplier activity is reported across Asia (notably China, India, Thailand, and South Korea), parts of Europe and North America; several Chinese producers and regional specialty chemical manufacturers are prominent exporters of sec-butyl acetate. Feedstock availability (butanols, butenes, acetic acid) and integrated esterification facilities drive local production. For procurement and supplier lists, industry directories and trade/shipment aggregators commonly show China as a major source with additional production in Europe, Japan and the U.S.