$24 Billion Water and Wastewater Chemicals Market in 2012

 Sales of water and wastewater treatment chemicals globally will be just under $24 billion in 2012. This is the latest forecast in the continually updated Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company (USA).

Water & Wastewater Chemicals Revenues ($ Millions)

World Region 2012
Africa 890
CIS 1,361
East Asia 7,392
Eastern Europe 716
Middle East 1,227
NAFTA 5,379
Southern & Central America 1,303
West Asia 1,108
Western Europe 4,535
Total 23,911

East Asia will be the largest purchasing region.

East Asia Water & Wastewater Chemical Revenues ($ Millions)

World Region 2012
Bottom of Form
Chemical 234
Electronics 215
Flood 164
Metals 332
Mining 235
Oil & Gas 74
Other Industries 286
Pharmaceutical 71
Power 1,823
Pulp & Paper 618
Refining 537
Wastewater 1,377
Water 1,427
Total 7,393

The region is rapidly expanding its power, wastewater and water infrastructure.

Products ($ Millions)
Subject 2012
Activated Carbon 196
Chelants 193
Corrosion Inhibitors 1,689
Defoamers 163
Inorganic Flocculants 909
Ion Exchange 242
Odor Control 252
Organic Flocculants 1,186
Other 348
Oxidizers & Biocides 775
pH Adjusters 388
Scale Inhibitors 1,052
Total 7,393

Corrosion inhibitors will be the leading product category followed by organic flocculants and scale inhibitors. All of these chemicals are being consumed in much larger numbers in China as it expands its coal-fired boiler capacity by 30,000 MW/year. The U.S. fleet is 300,000 MW. China is increasing its coal-fired boiler chemical purchases over the next five years by an amount equivalent to 50 percent of the entire U.S. purchases. By 2020 chemical purchases for coal-fired boilers in China will be 300 percent of the U.S. volume.