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Salicylaldehyde Price Trend Analysis 2026: Latest News, Supply Demand Analysis, Historical Prices, Price Drivers & Market Insights
Written ByPrakhar Panchbhaiya
Salicylaldehyde Price Trend H1 2025
Asia
During the first half of 2025, salicylaldehyde prices in Asia showed mild upward movement, primarily driven by rising feedstock costs. The regional benzene market experienced a price increase in early February, impacting the cost structure of downstream products like salicylaldehyde.
Tighter phenol supply used in its synthesis also added to cost pressures, especially as European producers faced disruptions. Despite this, oversupply and soft downstream demand in broader chemical markets kept the price increase in check. Demand from pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals held relatively stable, particularly in China and India, supporting modest price resilience. However, competitive pressure from lower-cost producers kept margins narrow.
Europe
European salicylaldehyde prices remained largely unstable throughout H1’25. Phenol market volatility, coupled with high energy costs and carbon tax implications, led to production constraints. Plant closures including announcements like Ineos shutting its phenol unit in Gladbeck tightened phenol availability, indirectly raising salicylaldehyde production costs.
Despite some short-lived price rebounds in February due to higher benzene prices, the market was weighed down by weak construction sector demand and chemical overcapacity. The resulting cost-push inflation in the upstream was not always matched by downstream demand, causing inconsistent pricing and margin pressure.
North America
In North America, salicylaldehyde prices showed greater stability. Tariff-related developments created market uncertainty, particularly regarding imports of fragrance and pharmaceutical components, yet domestic production managed to balance supply-demand conditions.
The pharmaceutical sector’s steady demand for intermediates like salicylaldehyde, combined with firm chloroform market conditions and stable methanol supply, helped avoid sharp price swings. However, concerns over broader tariff implications and global market shifts kept sentiment cautious.
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Asia
In 2024, the Asian Salicylaldehyde market followed a varied trend influenced by fluctuations in upstream Phenol and Chloroform prices, both of which are key feedstocks in its production. In the first half of the year, prices rose steadily due to tight supply conditions and higher production costs, particularly in India and China.
The rise in crude oil and naphtha costs, along with limited feedstock availability, kept the market firm. However, as the year progressed into Q3 and Q4, Salicylaldehyde prices in the region came under pressure. This was due to improved supply from domestic production units, resumption of operations at key plants, and softening feedstock prices, especially Phenol and Chloroform. Buyers across downstream industries like pharmaceuticals and flavors were cautious in their procurement strategies, leading to a subdued demand environment in the latter part of the year.
Europe
The European Salicylaldehyde market experienced a generally downward trend in 2024, reflecting the region's weak economic climate and sluggish demand from end-use sectors. The construction and chemical industries, major consumers of Salicylaldehyde derivatives, continued to struggle throughout the year.
Feedstock Phenol prices showed occasional firmness early on due to energy cost fluctuations, but later declined, mirroring broader global trends. Chloroform prices remained soft due to excess supply and cheaper imports from Asia. All of these factors contributed to lowered production costs, but the lack of strong downstream pull limited any price gains.
North America
In North America, the market showed mixed movement during 2024. Early in the year, prices edged lower due to low demand and logistical challenges impacting trade flows. Feedstock Chloroform and Phenol saw some price recovery in Q3, driven by seasonal demand and stockpiling ahead of the holiday season. However, by Q4, prices began to ease again due to falling crude oil values and weak downstream industries such as polycarbonates and pharmaceuticals. Political uncertainty around the U.S. elections also made market players hesitant to make large-volume commitments.
About Salicylaldehyde
Salicylaldehyde is known as a hydroxybenzaldehyde that is composed of a hydroxy substituent at position 2. It is an organic compound that appears as a colourless or a pale-yellow liquid. It plays a role as a nematicide and a plant metabolite. Further, it has bitter almond scent with burned flavour. It shows slight solubility in water while it is soluble in ethyl alcohol and diethyl ether.
Salicylaldehyde Product Detail
Chemical Formula
C7H6O2
Cas Number
90-02-8
Molecular Weight
122.123 g/mol
Industrial Uses
Intermediates, Spice, Gasoline additive, Organic synthesis, Production of Coumarin, Analytical chemistry, Dye and perfumery, Flavouring, Saligenin synthesis, Salicylaldoxime synthesis
Synonyms
2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde, o-Hydroxybenzaldehyde
Supplier Database
Guannan East Chemical Co., Ltd, Hubei Xiansheng Biotechnology Co., Ltd. , Zhangjiagang Feihang Industry Co., Ltd., Lianyungang Hengshun Chemical Co., Ltd.
Regional Coverage
Asia Pacific
China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Iran, Thailand, South Korea, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Nepal, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, UAE, Israel, Hongkong, Singapore, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Australia, and New Zealand
Europe
Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy,Spain, Russia, Turkey, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Ireland Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Romania, Finland, Czech Republic, Portugal and Greece
North America
United States and Canada
Latin America
Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru
Africa
South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco
CurrencyUS$ (Data can also be provided in local currency)
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Salicylaldehyde Production Processes
- Production of Salicylaldehyde via Reimer–Tiemann Reaction; and via Condensation of Phenol
In the Reimer–Tiemann reaction, Salicylaldehyde is produced from phenol and chloroform. In this reaction, phenol and chloroform are heated along with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, which finally produces Salicylaldehyde.
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