Favored by various factors, the methyl anthranilate industry shows a good development trend

Methyl anthranilate is an organic compound with the molecular formula C8H9NO2. It appears as colorless crystal or yellow liquid with a grape-like odor. It is easily soluble in ethanol and ether, slightly soluble in water, and insoluble in glycerin. Methyl anthranilate is a natural compound component present in most mature fruits such as grapes and strawberries. It is an important intermediate for medicines, pesticides, spices, and dyes.

There are two main types of industrial synthesis methods for the production of methyl anthranilate. One is to use anthranilic acid and methanol as raw materials to obtain methyl anthranilate through the esterification process, and the other is to use phthalic anhydride as the raw material. Methyl anthranilate is produced through ammoniation, degradation, esterification and other steps. Among them, the anthranilic acid esterification method is currently the mainstream method for preparing anthranilic acid methanol in domestic industry.

Methyl anthranilate has a wide range of applications. In the field of fragrances, methyl anthranilate has a special grape-like odor and can be used to prepare wine, orange, orange blossom and other flavors for food and cosmetics; in dyes In the medical field, methyl anthranilate is an important intermediate for azo dyes, anthraquinone dyes, and indigo dyes; in the pharmaceutical field, methyl anthranilate is mainly used in antiarrhythmic drugs and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Pain drugs, non-barbiturate hypnotic drugs create scenes.

Among them, food flavors are the largest application field of methyl anthranilate. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of national living standards and the continuous upgrading of consumer demand, the national demand for food flavors has developed in a diversified and diversified direction, which in turn has driven the development of methyl anthranilate. The market demand for methyl formate continues to increase and production continues to increase. According to the “China Methyl Anthranilate Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center shows that the domestic market demand for methyl anthranilate in 2021 will reach 9854.7 tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%; the output has reached 10265.4 tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.2%.

Driven by the continued growth in demand, many domestic companies have entered the methyl anthranilate market. Major companies include Beis Chemical, Sanbao Chemical, Phaeton Chemical, Oasis Bio, Huaxing Chemical, Bond Chemical, Qianyi Fine Chemical, etc. In 2021, Qianyi Fine Chemical, Huaxing Chemical, and Phaeton Chemical are the three companies with the largest market share of domestic methyl anthranilate, with a total market share of 65%, and the industry concentration is high.

From the perspective of market supply and demand, under the background of the rapid development and continuous expansion of the application field of methyl anthranilate, its domestic market supply and demand have shown a steady growth trend, and the current market supply and demand are basically balanced, and the industry development trend is good. Industrial analysts personnel said that as a type of chemical intermediate with a wide range of applications, methyl anthranilate is currently in its application fields Favored by multiple factors such as continuous development and expansion, steady growth in production and sales scale, and a basic balance between market supply and demand, the industry shows good development prospects.