Toluene Market Size, Analysis, Industry Outlook, & Region Forecast, 2020-2027
Market Overview: The major application of toluene is to improve octane rating of gasoline. Toluene is also used to produce benzene and as a solvent in paints, coatings, adhesives, inks, and cleaning agents. Toluene is also used in the production of polymers used to make nylon, plastic soda bottles, and polyurethanes and for pharmaceuticals, dyes, cosmetic nail products, and the synthesis of organic chemicals. Some of the prominent factors that positively influence the growth of toluene market are increasing crude oil production, rising demand for fuel additives, and increasing consumption of paints & coatings owing to rapid urbanization. Increasing urbanization along with rising per capita disposable income in developed and emerging economies are predicted to drive the growth of the market over the forecast period, 2017 to 2023. Increasing benzene and xylene production from toluene owing to the demand from plastics manufacturing industries. Moreover, continuous expansion of a