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Propylene Oxide
Propylene oxide is an organic compound with the molecular formula CH3CHCH2O. This colourless volatile liquid with an odour resembling ether, is produced on a large scale industrially. Its major application is its use for the production of polyether polyols for use in making polyurethane plastics.
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Propylene oxide is an organic compound with the molecular formula CH3CHCH2O. This colourless volatile liquid with an odour resembling ether, is produced on a large scale industrially. Its major application is its use for the production of polyether polyols for use in making polyurethane plastics.
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Propylene Oxide Industry Research Report 2026
Market perspective
Propylene oxide is an organic compound with the molecular formula CH3CHCH2O. This colourless volatile liquid with an odour resembling ether, is produced on a large scale industrially. Its major application is its use for the production of polyether polyols for use in making polyurethane plastics.
In China, Propylene Oxide key players include DowDuPont, Lyondellbasell, Shell, Huntsman, etc.
In terms of product, Chlorohydrin Process is the largest segment, with a share over 55%. And in terms of application, the largest application is Polyether polyols, followed by Propylene glycols, Propylene glycol ethers, etc.
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Report Scope
This report quantifies the global Propylene Oxide market in revenue (US$ million) and, where applicable, sales volume (K MT), using 2025 as the base year and providing annual historical and forecast data for 2021–2032.
It standardizes definitions of types and applications, harmonizes vendor attribution, and presents comparable time series by company, type, application, and region/country, including indicative price bands (US$/K MT) and concentration ratios (CR5/CR10).
The outputs are intended to support strategy development, budgeting, and performance benchmarking for manufacturers, new entrants, channel partners, and investors; the report also reviews technology shifts and notable product introductions relevant to Propylene Oxide.
Key Companies & Market Share Insights
This section profiles leading manufacturers, combining 2021–2025 results with a 2026–2032 outlook. It reports revenue, market share, price bands, product and application mix, regional and channel mix, and key developments (M&A, capacity additions, certifications). It also provides global revenue, average price, and—where applicable—sales volume by manufacturer, and calculates CR5/CR10 and rank changes to support comparative benchmarking.
Propylene Oxide Market by Company
DuPont
Lyondellbasell
Shell
Huntsman
BASF
AGC Chemicals
Repsol
Tokuyama
Sumitomo Chemicals
SKC
Propylene Oxide Segment by Type
Chlorohydrin Process
SM/PO
HPPO
Propylene Oxide Segment by Application
Polyether polyols
Propylene glycols
Propylene glycol ethers
Others
Propylene Oxide Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Key Drivers & Barriers
High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.
Reasons to Buy This Report
1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Propylene Oxide market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Propylene Oxide and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Propylene Oxide.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Research objectives, research methods, data sources, data cross-validation;
Chapter 2: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of different market segments (by region, product type, application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Propylene Oxide manufacturers competitive landscape, price, production and value market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 5: Production/output, value of Propylene Oxide by region/country. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 6: Consumption of Propylene Oxide in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 7: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 8: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 11: The main points and conclusions of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Chlorohydrin Process
- SM/PO
- HPPO
Applications
- Polyether polyols
- Propylene glycols
- Propylene glycol ethers
- Others
Companies covered
- DuPont
- Lyondellbasell
- Shell
- Huntsman
- BASF
- AGC Chemicals
- Repsol
- Tokuyama
- Sumitomo Chemicals
- SKC
Inside the report.
1 Preface
- 1.1 Scope of Report
- 1.2 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 1.3 Research Methodology
- 1.4 Research Process
- 1.5 Data Source
- 1.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 1.5.2 Primary Sources
2 Market Overview
- 2.1 Product Definition
- 2.2 Propylene Oxide by Type
- 2.2.1 Market Value Comparison by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032) & (US$ Million)
- 2.2.2 Chlorohydrin Process
- 2.2.3 SM/PO
- 2.2.4 HPPO
- 2.3 Propylene Oxide by Application
- 2.3.1 Market Value Comparison by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032) & (US$ Million)
- 2.3.2 Polyether polyols
- 2.3.3 Propylene glycols
- 2.3.4 Propylene glycol ethers
- 2.3.5 Others
- 2.4 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 2.4.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 2.4.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 2.4.3 Global Propylene Oxide Production Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 2.4.4 Global Propylene Oxide Market Average Price (2021-2032)
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Manufacturers
- 3.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Propylene Oxide Average Price by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Propylene Oxide Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Propylene Oxide Key Manufacturers, Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Propylene Oxide Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Propylene Oxide Manufacturers Established Date
- 3.8 Global Propylene Oxide Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.9 Global Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisition
4 Manufacturers Profiled
- 4.1 DuPont
- 4.1.1 DuPont Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.1.2 DuPont Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.1.3 DuPont Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.1.4 DuPont Product Portfolio
- 4.1.5 DuPont Recent Developments
- 4.2 Lyondellbasell
- 4.2.1 Lyondellbasell Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.2.2 Lyondellbasell Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.2.3 Lyondellbasell Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.2.4 Lyondellbasell Product Portfolio
- 4.2.5 Lyondellbasell Recent Developments
- 4.3 Shell
- 4.3.1 Shell Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.3.2 Shell Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.3.3 Shell Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.3.4 Shell Product Portfolio
- 4.3.5 Shell Recent Developments
- 4.4 Huntsman
- 4.4.1 Huntsman Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.4.2 Huntsman Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.4.3 Huntsman Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.4.4 Huntsman Product Portfolio
- 4.4.5 Huntsman Recent Developments
- 4.5 BASF
- 4.5.1 BASF Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.5.2 BASF Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.5.3 BASF Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.5.4 BASF Product Portfolio
- 4.5.5 BASF Recent Developments
- 4.6 AGC Chemicals
- 4.6.1 AGC Chemicals Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.6.2 AGC Chemicals Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.6.3 AGC Chemicals Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.6.4 AGC Chemicals Product Portfolio
- 4.6.5 AGC Chemicals Recent Developments
- 4.7 Repsol
- 4.7.1 Repsol Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.7.2 Repsol Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.7.3 Repsol Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.7.4 Repsol Product Portfolio
- 4.7.5 Repsol Recent Developments
- 4.8 Tokuyama
- 4.8.1 Tokuyama Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.8.2 Tokuyama Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.8.3 Tokuyama Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.8.4 Tokuyama Product Portfolio
- 4.8.5 Tokuyama Recent Developments
- 4.9 Sumitomo Chemicals
- 4.9.1 Sumitomo Chemicals Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.9.2 Sumitomo Chemicals Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.9.3 Sumitomo Chemicals Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.9.4 Sumitomo Chemicals Product Portfolio
- 4.9.5 Sumitomo Chemicals Recent Developments
- 4.10 SKC
- 4.10.1 SKC Propylene Oxide Company Information
- 4.10.2 SKC Propylene Oxide Business Overview
- 4.10.3 SKC Propylene Oxide Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.10.4 SKC Product Portfolio
- 4.10.5 SKC Recent Developments
5 Global Propylene Oxide Production by Region
- 5.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 5.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production by Region: 2021-2032
- 5.2.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production by Region: 2021-2026
- 5.2.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 5.3 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 5.4 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value by Region: 2021-2032
- 5.4.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value by Region: 2021-2026
- 5.4.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 5.5 Global Propylene Oxide Market Price Analysis by Region (2021-2026)
- 5.6 Global Propylene Oxide Production and Value, YOY Growth
- 5.6.1 North America Propylene Oxide Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.2 Europe Propylene Oxide Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.3 China Propylene Oxide Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.4 Japan Propylene Oxide Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
6 Global Propylene Oxide Consumption by Region
- 6.1 Global Propylene Oxide Consumption Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.2 Global Propylene Oxide Consumption by Region (2021-2032)
- 6.2.1 Global Propylene Oxide Consumption by Region: 2021-2026
- 6.2.2 Global Propylene Oxide Forecasted Consumption by Region (2027-2032)
- 6.3 North America
- 6.3.1 North America Propylene Oxide Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.3.2 North America Propylene Oxide Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.3.3 United States
- 6.3.4 Canada
- 6.3.5 Mexico
- 6.4 Europe
- 6.4.1 Europe Propylene Oxide Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.4.2 Europe Propylene Oxide Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.4.3 Germany
- 6.4.4 France
- 6.4.5 U.K.
- 6.4.6 Italy
- 6.4.7 Russia
- 6.4.8 Spain
- 6.4.9 Netherlands
- 6.4.10 Switzerland
- 6.4.11 Sweden
- 6.4.12 Poland
- 6.5 Asia Pacific
- 6.5.1 Asia Pacific Propylene Oxide Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.5.2 Asia Pacific Propylene Oxide Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.5.3 China
- 6.5.4 Japan
- 6.5.5 South Korea
- 6.5.6 India
- 6.5.7 Australia
- 6.5.8 Taiwan
- 6.5.9 Southeast Asia
- 6.6 South America, Middle East & Africa
- 6.6.1 South America, Middle East & Africa Propylene Oxide Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.6.2 South America, Middle East & Africa Propylene Oxide Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.6.3 Brazil
- 6.6.4 Argentina
- 6.6.5 Chile
- 6.6.6 Turkey
- 6.6.7 GCC Countries
7 Segment by Type
- 7.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.1.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production by Type (2021-2032) & (K MT)
- 7.1.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.2.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value by Type (2021-2032) & (US$ Million)
- 7.2.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.3 Global Propylene Oxide Price by Type (2021-2032)
8 Segment by Application
- 8.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.1.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production by Application (2021-2032) & (K MT)
- 8.1.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.2.1 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value by Application (2021-2032) & (US$ Million)
- 8.2.2 Global Propylene Oxide Production Value Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.3 Global Propylene Oxide Price by Application (2021-2032)
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis of the Market
- 9.1 Propylene Oxide Value Chain Analysis
- 9.1.1 Propylene Oxide Key Raw Materials
- 9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 9.1.3 Propylene Oxide Production Mode & Process
- 9.2 Propylene Oxide Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 9.2.2 Propylene Oxide Distributors
- 9.2.3 Propylene Oxide Customers
10 Global Propylene Oxide Analyzing Market Dynamics
- 10.1 Propylene Oxide Industry Trends
- 10.2 Propylene Oxide Industry Drivers
- 10.3 Propylene Oxide Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 10.4 Propylene Oxide Industry Restraints
11 Report Conclusion
12 Disclaimer
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