Global Sulfur market report from 2019 to 2025

In this article of Venus Dream Deal website, we have a look at global sulfur market statuses from year 2019 to 2025 and give report in form of charts.

In Asia-Pacific region, China is the major country in production of sulfur in all forms. China is the world’s leading producer of pyrites, and also a leading sulfur importer. The demand for sulfur in the country is driven by end-user industries including chemical processing, fertilizer, and rubber processing industries.

Increase in energy production in China in recent decades across the oil and gas sector is likely to fuel the domestic sulfur recovery. Developments in the Sichuan province have led to a significant increase in sulfur production capacity.

Additionally, oil palm, rubber, and sugarcane accounts for almost 95% of ASEAN fertilizers demand. Cultivation is expected to be the main driver for the fertilizer growth in future which may leads to upsurge the sulfur market.

Thailand is one of the largest producer and exporter of natural rubber, globally. Around one-third of total global natural rubber plantations are across Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. These factors are contributing to the increasing demand for sulfur consumption in this region during the forecast period.

In Americas, increasing adoption of TPV in the automotive industry is the primary factor that drive the growth of the sulfur market in future.

The adoption of TPV provides manufacturers various benefits in terms of design flexibility, long-term weather resistance, and reduced cost that are not available with the traditional counterparts such as rubber and EPDM. As the TPV is manufactured using the dynamic vulcanization process and sulfur is used as an accelerator and curative in vulcanization process , this expands the demand for sulfur market. The United States is the second largest country in the production of sulfur.

The Russian crude oil to refineries via the Dhruzba pipeline is still condensed, with some estimates pointing to a potential delay of 6-8 months in re-establishing usual supply, which is causing sever demand-supply shortage to the market in the European region.

Germany and Central Europe sulfur market have become very tight as a result, and in some cases, there are reported to be disruptions to contractual volumes.

Two refineries in Germany supplied by the pipeline are reported to still be operating at reduced rates due to the closure of the Druhzba pipeline.

The global sulfur market by end user industry is segmented into chemical processing,fertilizer,rubber processing, metal manufacturing and other end user industries.

Among end-user industries, chemicals processing segment leads the demand for sulfur market. Additionally,rubber processing is anticipated to show the fastest growth during the forecast period.

Increasing application of sulfur in various industries such as automotive, metal forming, circuit board manufacturing, composite manufacturing, and others is boosting the market demand. With increasing production for rubber,the demand for sulfur is simultaneously increasing, which is used during the production process of rubber.

About ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC

• Royal Dutch Shell Plc is one of the largest publicly traded, integrated international oil and gas companies in the world. 
• The company is engaged in conducting various operations across the oil and gas value chain including upstream activities (Exploration and Production of crude oil and natural gas), midstream activities (transportation, shipping, LNG), downstream activities (Refinery, Supply, Trading, Shipping, Petrochemicals) and projects & technology services. 
• The company was established in 1907 with the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Transport and Trading Company Ltd.  
• Shell has refining and product distribution operations in Saudi Arabia. It conducts its operations through joint venture operations. Aljomaih and Shell Lubricating Oil Company (JOSLOC) and Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company (SASREF) are key joint venture companies of Shell located in Saudi Arabia. 
• JOSLOC is responsible for marketing shell’s lubricants in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whereas, SASREF is engaged in crude processing and is one of the largest petroleum refining company in the country. 
• The company has operations across the globe. Currently, it operates in 70+ countries. Over 90,000 employees and contractors work for the company. The super major is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.

Table 40:       Shell- Key Financial Indicators, $Million, FY2017
Parameter	Value
Total Revenue	11,772.70
Operating Income	1,278.20
Net Income	1,787.20
Basic EPS	0.31
Capital Expenditures	-390.3
Cash from Operating Activities	2,339.90
Free Cash Flow	1,949.70
Total Assets	19,208.40
Total Liabilities	5,162.70
Total Long-Term Debt	2,142.80
Total Common Shares Outstanding	5,833.80
Market Cap	20,171.40

Table 41:      Shell- Key Financial Ratios, $Million, FY2017
Profitability Ratios
Gross Margin	14.84%
Operating Margin	10.86%
Pretax Margin	18.61%
Net Profit Margin	15.18%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio	3.08
Long-Term Debt/Equity	0.18
Total Debt/Equity	0.28
Interest Coverage	29.72
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets	9.74%
Return on Equity	16.06%
Efficiency
Receivables Turnover	12.78
Inventory Turnover	7.53
Asset Turnover	0.64

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• The base currency considered was the United States Dollar (USD). The conversion of other currencies to USD was considered based on the average exchange rate for the respective review period years. The exchange rate conversion for forecast period was determined according to the base year’s conversion rates.
• The base year was identified based on the availability of annual reports and secondary information. The base year considered for this study is 2018.
• The review period considered for this study is from 2014 to 2018. CAGR is estimated for 2019-2025, which is the forecast period considered under the study.
• Market size estimations for the forecast years are in nominal terms. Inflation is not considered for price calculations and the Average Selling Price (ASP) was kept constant through the forecast period for each country.
• Distribution of primary interviews conducted was based on the regional share of the market and the presence of key players in each region.
• As a result of data-triangulation through multiple methodologies and approaches, the weighted averages of resulting estimates were considered to be the final values.