China is the world’s largest pinene production and consumption market

Pinene has two isomers, α-pinene and β-pinene, both of which are found in a variety of natural essential oils. Pinene has the highest content in turpentine, with approximately 58%-65% α-pinene and 30% % of β-pinene. α-Pinene and β-pinene are relatively rare natural and renewable chemical raw materials. They have the advantages of high chemical reactivity and good polymerization reaction. They are widely used in the fields of flavors and fragrances, pharmaceuticals and industry, and have large room for development.

According to the “Global and China Pinene Industry In-depth Research Report 2022” released by the Industrial Research Center, the development comparison of the global pinene industry Mature, its application fields are mainly concentrated in the flavor and fragrance industry, pharmaceutical industry and other industrial fields. Representative pinene production companies include Celulose Iran, Nippon Terpene Chemicals, Yasuhara Chemical, IFF, Sociedad de Resinas Naturales, Sky Dragon Fine-Chem, etc. China has become the world’s largest producer and consumer of pinene due to its abundant raw material resources such as rosin, the overall quality of the raw materials, and its huge consumer market for flavors, fragrances, and pharmaceutical intermediates. However, due to the limited domestic pinene purification process, the product purity of most companies is below 95%, and the production and supply capacity of high-purity products is insufficient. They need to import from the United States, Spain and other countries to meet the needs of pharmaceutical intermediates and other fields with higher purity requirements. .

From the perspective of pinene’s application technology, pinene is mainly used in the field of flavors and fragrances at home and abroad. Among them, Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries and regions have the most advanced production equipment, strong basic technology reserves, and related technologies are more mature; China’s pinene-related technologies Secondly, pinene-related technologies in South America, Southeast Asia, India and other regions are relatively weak. In the future, China, South America, Southeast Asia and India will continue to strengthen the research and development of pinene product technology, production equipment, production technology and other aspects. In particular, China’s macroeconomic stability, supporting facilities in various industries are complete, and the country strongly supports high-tech, high-end The development of equipment provides a superior environment for the development of the pinene industry.

Industrial researchers believe that although pinene has good application prospects in pharmaceutical intermediates, polymer materials and other fields, due to the product The price is relatively high, and the purification process, polymerization reaction and other technologies are complex, which has a great inhibitory effect on its application in the above fields. At present, pinene’s market share in the field of flavors and fragrances is higher than 80% globally and in China. It is expected that in the future, more and more key pinene companies in China will gradually form products with unique advantages based on their strong independent research and development capabilities and advanced production processes.