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Apr 18, 2007 – According to UK-based market research firm Merchant Research & Consulting Ltd., global sulfuric acid supply remains tight, while total demand for it has been growing by 7% a year.

The nearest future will witness the changes in the sulphur production structure. For the next 2 or 3 years, sulfur supply and demand is expected to be reasonably well balanced. Severe sulfur surpluses, however, are expected beginning in 2010 with acceleration thereafter as a result of increased production. Regional demand for sulfur has been steadily growing mainly thanks to China and India.

The increase in demand for sulphur is spurred by the rise in the use of sulphuric acid in the manufacture of phosphorus-containing fertilizers. Main sulphur consumers are large (more than 1m mt/y) producers of fertilizers: the USA, Morocco, Tunisia, India, China and Brazil.

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