POINTERS: Russia's Oleochemicals Potential and Prospect for Palm Oil

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Shaheen

4 years ago

Your analysis shows that large part of the raw materials used for the production of soap is animal fats. Where did Russia source so much of animal fats to support its soap production. As a technical person, can you explain the superiority of using animal fats against the normally used vegetable oils in soap production. On raw material prices, using animal fats already make the raw material less competitive. There again it is also not easy to source as globally there is not much of tallow to source. For your comments. Thank you

POINTERS SECRETARIAT:
Dear Shaheen. Annually In Russia about 100 thousand tons of animal fats are produced. 42 thousand tons is needed for the production of solid soap , so the animal fats of Russian origin is enough. The cost of this fat is lower than the cost of palm oil in twice. From the technical point of view, I could say that animal fats have an advantage compared to vegetable fats in the sense that they have higher saturation of alkyl chains, therefore the solidification temperature is higher, which is a good indicator for solid soaps. (Posted on behalf of speaker)
4 years ago

Edmund Yong

4 years ago

Feedstock for household soap - soap stock as 39%, this refers to what kind of soap stocks? what about soap noodles importation? Is there any data?

Elena:
Dear Edmund. For the production of solid soap, soap stock is used. Soap stock is the waste after the production of vegetable oils such as sunflower seed oil, rapeseed oil and etc. This feedstock is rather cheap for the production. We are not sure if there is such an alternative abroad. Sorry to say I couldn't provide any data regarding soap noodles' import to Russia for the time being.
4 years ago

MOHD RAFIZAN BIN SAMIAN

4 years ago

why the production of solid soap is expected to decrease for the upcoming years?

MOHD RAFIZAN BIN SAMIAN:
sorry I think you have answered this on the conclusion. thanks
4 years ago

Hafiz

4 years ago

On Slide 29 : is there any reason why palm oil import in 2019 will be lesser than 2018? Thanks

Elena:
Dear Hafiz, In connection with the advent of liquid detergents for body and washing in recent years, there has been a tendency to reduce the production and consumption of solid detergents. So, in 2019 we are facing some decrease in palm oil import.
4 years ago

Anthony Yap

4 years ago

1) On Surfactant (a) Main application under 3 different categories, human life, light industry and heavy industry (i) Human life - which sections (household chemicals, personal care, medicine, firefighting) are in main used. How does the % looks like? (ii) Light industry - which sections (household chemicals, personal care, medicine, firefighting) are in main used. How does the % looks like? (iii) heavy industry - which sections (household chemicals, personal care, medicine, firefighting) are in main used. How does the % looks like?

Elena:
Dear Anthony, In brief I could say that in Russia surfactants based on vegetable oils are mainly used (more than 60%) in household chemicals and personal care, solid soap excluded.
4 years ago

Anthony Yap

4 years ago

Amy

4 years ago

Your slide shows that rapeseed and sunflower oil plays a significant part as feedstocks in Russia’s oleochemical production. Usually oleochemical is palm based. Can you explain why it is use in a significant way despite soft oils having low stearic content needs hydrogenation and price is high.

Elena:
Dear Amy, Indeed nowadays in Russia for oleochemicals to produce reagents for oil and gas extraction we use non-hydrogenated rapeseed oil, sunflower seed oil or tallow oil. These feedstock is more expensive than palm oil, but it is domestic and doesn’t need going through customs clearance and paying additional customs tax. But we see strong prospects to use palm oil as feedstock for this industrial branch in the nearest future. Regarding cosmetics and household chemistry I should mention that for these divisions only coconut oil and palm kernel oil can be used which are only imported from abroad. Thanks for your attention to my report.
4 years ago