The concentration of the monoisopropylamine industry is relatively high. The country’s strengthening of pesticide control may have an impact on the market.

Monoisopropylamine, also known as monoisopropylamine, methylethylamine, 2-aminopropane, and isopropylamine, is a low-carbon aliphatic amine with a chemical formula of C3H9N and a density of 0.69 g/cm3. It is colorless and volatile. The liquid has the smell of ammonia, and its aqueous solution is alkaline. The mixture with air is highly explosive and can react strongly with oxidants. As a nitrogen-containing low-grade fatty alcohol amine, monoisopropylamine is widely used in pesticides, medicines, rubber additives, dyes and other fields. Especially in the field of pesticides, its application volume is relatively large.

Before 2000, China used to be a net importer of monoisopropylamine, and the domestic monoisopropylamine consumer market relied on imported products. Entering the WTO, thanks to the rapid development of domestic pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other production fields, the demand for monoisopropylamine has grown rapidly. China has achieved a breakthrough in the industrial production technology of monoisopropylamine. The overall production scale of monoisopropylamine has expanded, which can not only meet domestic demand, A large number of products are also exported overseas. The relocation of chemical and pesticide industries in developed countries such as the United States, Europe, and Japan has led to a decline in their global production and consumption share of monoisopropylamine. The global production and consumption of monoisopropylamine is focused on China.

Monoisopropylamine belongs to the field of fine chemicals, and its production technology is relatively difficult. It places high requirements on enterprises in terms of process route selection, selection of core catalysts, and process control. First-mover enterprises build competition barriers through patents in core technologies. The entry of late-comer enterprises has a negative impact. In addition, monoisopropylamine has obvious scale benefits. Large-scale production can enable monoisopropylamine companies to reduce raw material procurement and production costs to the greatest extent, and improve production efficiency and production benefits. This has concentrated China’s monoisopropylamine production capacity in Zhejiang Xinhua Chemical Co., Ltd. There are relatively few industry companies in the hands of large and medium-sized enterprises such as the company, Zhejiang Jianye Chemical Co., Ltd., Dezhou Dehua Chemical Co., Ltd., and Anhui Haoyuan Chemical Group Co., Ltd. According to the release of the “2022-2027 China Monoisopropylamine Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report“, in 2021, China The output of monoisopropylamine is 153,000 tons.

Monoisopropylamine is widely used in pesticides, medicines, rubber, dyes, water treatment and other fields. However, its application scale in pesticides, especially herbicides such as glyphosate and atrazine, is relatively large and is its main demand area. Analysts believe that in recent years, the country has strengthened the control of pesticides, stepped up efforts to control environmental pollution, and reduced “10% grass “Glyphosate Aqueous Agent” and “Atrazine” are included in the “Comprehensive List of Environmental Protection (2021 Edition)”. In the future, with the intensification of pesticide control and pollution control, the production of glyphosate and atrazine may be affected. The impact of the policy will have a certain impact on the market demand for monoisopropylamine.