Profile on Hexamine

1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW

1.1 Product Characteristics and specification

Alternate name Methenamine; Hexamethylenetetramine;

Urotropine; 1,3,5,7- tetraazaadamantane,
Appearance White crystalline solid

Chemical formula C6H12N4

Molar mass 140.186 g/mol

Melting point 280 °C (536 °F; 553 K)

Solubility in water 85.3 g/100 mL
Flash point 250 °C (482 °F; 523 K)

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1.2. Product application

End user sector Derivative product Application of derivative product

Medicinal uses Methenamine hippurate Used as antiobiotic to treat urinary

tract infection

Fuel Primary ingredient in Esbit® fuel These fuel tablets have a very high
tablets energy density, burn smokeless
and leave no ashes which also do
not liquefy.

They are used for cooking

purposes by campers and military
organizations

Other uses

Used in production of Eamine tablets are used by fire-protection laboratories as a clean and
reproducible fire source to test the flammability of carpets and rugs.

Organic chemists use hexamine as a chemical agent in several chemical reactions which are quite
complex and is often used for teaching purposes. Very often they are used for purposes of chemical
analysis to determine the identity of an unknown solute (particles that are dissolved into a solution) in a
solution.

Hexamine is also used in rubber and textile adhesives, in paints and lacquers, in the photographic
industry, in the production of deodorants and hair fixers

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2. INDIAN TRADE STATISTICS

2.1. Import

Annual import

Qty in Tones
5000
4500 4686 4597
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
2120 2064
1500
1000
500
0
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

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Countrywise imports

CHINA
OTHERS
11%
15%

UNITED ARAB RUSSIA

22% 29%

SAUDI ARABIA
23%

Portwise import 2014-2015

OTHERS
10%

DELHI ICD
38%

NHAVA
52%

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2.2 Export

Annual export

Qty in tones
2000
1800 1902
1600
1400
1200
1000 1158
990
800
600
400 570

200
0
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

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Countrywise export 2014-2015

OTHERS
3%

UNITED STATES OF
97%

Portwise export 2014-2015

OTHERS
39%

ANKLESH
61%

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3. INDIAN SUPPLY SCENARIO

3.1. Indian Manufacturer of Hexamine

Company Name Location

A
Simalin Chemical Industries Ltd Vadodara, Gujarat

Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd., Kolkata

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4. DEMAND ANALYSIS

4.1. Indian demand

Capacity, Production, Sales and Demand

Particulars Unit 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

Capacity MT 17600 17600 17600 17600
Production MT 12660 12273 12977 14000
Domestic sales MT 11550 11849 11819 12098
Demand MT 13661 13661 16500 16700

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4.2 Hexamine Indian Importers/Users

1) Shubham Chemicals & Solvents Ltd., Delhi

2) Ashoka Marketing Agencies, Chennai
3) Esterkote Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
4) Gargi Huttens P. Ltd -Albertus Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
5) Saket Chemicals, Mumbai
6) Dujowala Paper Chem, Mumbai
7) IVP. Ltd., Jamshedpur
8) T.R. Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Rajganpur, Orissa
9) HPL Industries Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad
10) Shivam Adhesives Pvt. Ltd., Hanumangarh Jn, Rajasthan
11) IVP. Ltd., Palghar, Thane
12) Foseco India Ltd., Pune
13) National Chemical Industries, Kota
14) Rajasthan Coatings & Chemicals, Jodhpur
15) Demaco Polymers P. Ltd., Faridabad
16) Indogulf Industries Ltd., New Delhi
17) Getwell Chem, Mumbai
18) Modichem Plast Materials P. Ltd., Mumbai
19) Rupani Chemical Agencies, Chennai
20) X ‘Pro India Ltd., Faridabad
21) Ordnance Factory Nagpur
22) S.R.Plastics, Delhi
23) Resins & Plastics Ltd., Mumbai
24) Pragati Chemicals P. Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat
25) D.C.Chemicals, Kolkata
26) Promis Industries, Jamshedpur
27) P.Kumar & Co., Kolkata
28) Techno Waxchem P. Ltd., Kolkata
29) Dujadwala Paperchem, Mumbai
30) National Techno Industries, Kota
31) A.V.M. Sales Corpn., Kolkata
32) Goodwill Rasayan, Mumbai
33) United Meta Chem Pvt. Ltd., Pune