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Market Overview Quarterly Update on Global
Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN) Market   For the
Quarter Ending December 2020   Asia In Q4 2020,
Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN) producers faced
severe shortage of feedstock Acrylonitrile as
there were adverse trade disruption from US Gulf
following Hurricane Laura.  Get more info
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Moreover, availability of feedstock Styrene also
remained limited due to several plant maintenance
in Northeast Asia and China. Indefinite
maintenance outages across globe led to
considerate shortage of Styrene during Q4 2020,
however, the supply is expected to rebound soon
by early 2021 as China is preparing to onstream
some of its scheduled Styrene projects in the
near term. The demand for SAN firmed in November
in the local Asian markets, backed by the gradual
revival in demand from automotive sector
following the high festive sales in India.
Consequently, SAN prices rallied upwards in India
from USD 1447 USD to USD 1538 from October to
December. North America   In USA, the demand for
feedstock Styrene and Acrylonitrile from Asian
countries remained high during the final quarter
due to the strong recovery of industrial
activities in Asia and limited regional
availability. Production of feedstock in USA was
severely affected due to Hurricane Zeta in
October, as the power outage occurred in the Gulf
of US which further led to force majeure on
several plants, some of which continued till mid-
December. Furthermore, supply of SAN is likely to
remain limited in early 2021 weighed by scheduled
outages in the region due to the year -end
holidays and peak winter season. Thus, its prices
are expected to remain under upward pressure in
the near term.   Europe   Europe faced shortage
of feedstock materials Styrene and Acrylonitrile
during Q4 2020. There were two reasons behind
this global shortage, one was less imports from
USA due to Hurricane Zeta in October and other
was consistent rise import demand from Asian
countries. However, the second wave of COVID 19
again tumbled the automobile sector of Europe and
hence the demand for SAN from this sector
remained low throughout the quarter.  
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• About
• Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN) is a copolymer which
  is a combination of Styrene and Acrylonitrile. It
  is a highly demanded thermoplastic owing to its
  great thermal resistance. Commercially, SAN could
  be produced by three methods, emulsion
  polymerisation, suspension polymerisation, and
  continuous bulk polymerisation. Continuous bulk
  polymerisation is the most common method used by
  manufacturers because of its lower operational
  cost and capability to produce high purity
  product. This copolymer usually contains 75
  Styrene and 25 Acrylonitrile and is often
  preferred over Polystyrene because of its
  stiffness. Moreover, SAN is often used where both
  plasticity and thermal resistance are required,
  like in refrigerator doors, brush bristles,
  disposable lighter, medical syringes, battery
  cases and others.