Analyzing the Petrochemical Industry in Japan


January 1, 2013
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Countries covered: Japan

Despite being hit by the biggest natural tragedy in recent modern history with the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese are set to move ahead goals that have only been reinforced by the chain of disasters.

Japan has a regulatory structure that makes investments possible and it stands as the largest creditor nation worldwide with decades of present account surpluses leading to huge build-up of foreign reserves and other external properties. Not only does Japan enjoy well-developed, high-tech manufacturing and services sectors, but it also has to its advantage, a strong threshold in key arenas in the field of electronics and heavy engineering.

Japanese petrochemicals pioneers are shifting their focus to production activities in emerging markets. They stand to benefit from rising demand from emerging markets, particularly China and India as it can make up for its own weak demand. Despite the possibility of being dependent on exports as a major force of growth, and this means that its prosperity is dependent on demand from the US and, increasingly, China, Japan has plenty of capacity to cater to its own requirements.

Aruvian Research analyzes the petrochemical industry in Japan in its research report Analyzing the Petrochemical Industry in Japan. The report analyzes the industry by first profiling the global petrochemical industry as well as the Asia Pacific petrochemical industry.

Moving on to the petrochemical industry in Japan, the industry is analyzed through an industry overview, industry structure, industry supply & demand scenario, import-export scenario, industry developments amongst other factors.

A SWOT framework analysis of the petrochemical industry in Japan is carried out in the report. Industry forecast to the year 2016 is included in this report.

An analysis of the major industry players such as Mitsubishi Chemicals, Mitsui Chemicals, Asahi Kasei and other companies is included in this comprehensive report on the Petrochemical Industry in Japan from Aruvian Research.


A. Executive Summary
B. Global Petrochemical Industry
C. Petrochemical Industry in Japan
C.1 Industry Overview
C.2 Supply-Demand Scenario
C.3 Industry Structure
C.4 Ethylene Production
C.5 Industry Developments
C.6 Industry Costs
C.7 Import-Export Scenario
D. Petrochemical Industry in Japan: SWOT Analysis
D.1 Strengths to Build Upon
D.2 Weaknesses to Overcome
D.3 Opportunities to Exploit
D.4 Threats to Overcome
E. Japan Petrochemical Industry Forecast
F. Industry Players
F.1 Asahi Kasei Corporation
F.2 DIC Corporation
F.3 Idemitsu Kosan
F.4 Maruzen Petrochemicals Company
F.5 Mitsubishi Chemical
F.6 Mitsui Chemicals
F.7 Nippon Petrochemicals Company
F.8 Showa Denko
F.9 Sumitomo Chemical Group
F.10 TonenGeneral Sekiyu
F.11 Tosoh Corporation
F.12 Ube Industries
G. Glossary of Terms
List of Figures
Figure 1: Ethylene Capacities by Region (in Million TPA), 2011
Figure 2: Ethylene Capacities by Region (in Million TPA), 2016
Figure 3: Geographical Locations of Petrochemical Complexes in Japan
Figure 4: Ethylene Supply and Demand Balance
Figure 5: Ethylene Production in Japan
Figure 6: Domestic Shipments of Commodity Resins (12-month moving average)
Figure 7: Price Movements of Domestic Naphtha and Dubai Crude Oil
Figure 8: China’s Resin Imports (12-month moving average)
Figure 9: Asian Commodity Resin Prices
Figure 10: Export/Import Balance as Ethylene Equivalent
List of Tables
Table 1: Global Ethylene Production (in '000 Tons Capacity)
Table 2: Production of Petrochemicals in Japan
Table 3: Production of Plastics in Japan (in 1000 Metric Tons), 2004-2011
Table 4: Major Plastics Domestic Demand Breakdowns, 2011
Table 5: Production of Synthetic Rubbers, 2004-2011
Table 6: Japan Petrochemical Imports by Products
Table 7: Exports of Petrochemical Products in Japan
Table 8: Petrochemical Export in Japan, 2004-2011
Table 9: Petrochemical Imports in Japan, 2004-2011
Table 10: Forecast for Japan Petrochemical Industry (in '000 tpa)

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