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Aromatics
Products
p-Cresol, Others
Aromatics product group mainly comprises
p
-Cresol and its
downstream products and used by Flavour & Fragrance and
Personal Care industries. The group comprises 21 products.
During the year, sales of the product group increased by
17% to
`
188 crores. Export sales increased by 22% to
`
130
crores and formed 69% of the total. The Company undertook
capacity expansion of
p
-Cresol.
World market of
p
-Cresol is estimated at 65,000 mt and is
growing at about 2%. Though earlier the product used to be
manufactured in the UK and the USA, China and India are now
the major suppliers of the product.
Segment: Performance & Other Chemicals
2010-11
2009-10
% change
Sales (
`
crores)
1016
784
30
Share in total sales (%)
67
67
-
The performance and other details of the product groups are given below:
The main user industries, namely, Flavour & Fragrance and
Personal Care, are growing well because of the increasing
population on the one hand and improving standard of living
on the other. The Company will participate in this growth
by i) expanding capacities, ii) introducing new products, iii)
improving efficiencies and iv) widening its market reach.
Fluctuations in foreign exchange will impact sales
realizations.
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