India Hydrochloric Acid Market (2025-2031) Outlook | Growth, Share, Value, Companies, Revenue, Industry, Forecast, Size, Analysis & Trends

Market Forecast By End-user Industry (Food and Beverage, Steel, Oil and Gas, Chemical, Textile, Other End-user Industries (Leather, Rubber, etc.)) And Competitive Landscape
Product Code: ETC191736 Publication Date: Aug 2023 Updated Date: Nov 2025 Product Type: Market Research Report
Publisher: 6Wresearch Author: Ravi Bhandari No. of Pages: 60 No. of Figures: 40 No. of Tables: 7

India Hydrochloric Acid Market Top 5 Importing Countries and Market Competition (HHI) Analysis

India`s hydrochloric acid import market saw a significant shift in 2024 with top exporting countries being Germany, South Korea, USA, Belgium, and Canada. The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) indicated a sharp increase in market concentration from high to very high in just one year. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the period 2020-2024 was -4.84%, while the growth rate from 2023-2024 was -4.86%. These trends suggest a challenging landscape for hydrochloric acid importers in India, with potential implications for pricing and market dynamics.

India Hydrochloric Acid Market Top 5 Importing Countries and Market Competition (HHI) Analysis

India Hydrochloric Acid Market Synopsis

Hydrochloric acid, also known as muriatic acid, is a colorless and odorless inorganic compound with the chemical formula HCl. It is an important reagent in industrial processes, especially for metalworking operations. Hydrochloric acid has multiple applications across numerous industries such as oil & gas production, water treatment facilities, steel industry, chemical manufacturing units and others. India hydrochloric acid market is estimated to grow at CAGR of 4.5% over the forecast period from 2025-2031 reaching USD 1.21 billion by 2031 owing to rising demand from end use industries such as chemicals & petrochemicals and increasing investments in infrastructure development activities across the country.

Market Drivers

The major factors driving growth of India hydrochloric acid market are increasing demand from end user industries such as chemicals & petrochemicals including fertilizers production due to growing population leading to increase in food requirement along with rising investment on infrastructure development activities particularly road construction projects across rural areas which utilize hydrochloric acids for cleaning roadsides and other debris removal process primarily used during monsoon season in India. Additionally government initiatives towards boosting industrial developments have further created positive outlook towards expansion of various manufacturing verticals which will further drive growth of the market over the forecast years ahead.

Challenges of the Market

One of the major factor hampering growth of India hydrochloric acids market include stringent regulations imposed by various governments regarding usage of hazardous materials including HCL due to its corrosive nature that can cause contamination both air or water bodies if not handled properly thus creating negative outlook towards potential health hazards caused by it thereby limiting its application scope further restraining growth rate for this particular market segment in near future years ahead. Moreover availability raw materials used for producing HCl at different parts might prove out be costly affair thereby creating some challenge operationally while setting up new plant thus hindering its acceptability among local producers causing drawback on overall business expansion plans.

Key Players in the Market

Some prominent key players operating into IndiaHC1 markets includes BASF (Germany) , AkzoNobel (Netherlands), Clariant AG(Switzerland), BOC Ltd., Ineos Enterprises UK Limited , CAS Chemical LLC.(UAE), Solvay S A(Belgium). These key players are involved into number strategic collaborations aimed bringing innovative technologies within product range making them more cost effective solution provider than their competitors therefore gaining larger chunk shares within

Key Highlights of the Report:

  • India Hydrochloric Acid Market Outlook
  • Market Size of India Hydrochloric Acid Market, 2024
  • Forecast of India Hydrochloric Acid Market, 2031
  • Historical Data and Forecast of India Hydrochloric Acid Revenues & Volume for the Period 2021-2031
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Market Trend Evolution
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Market Drivers and Challenges
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Price Trends
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Porter's Five Forces
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Industry Life Cycle
  • Historical Data and Forecast of India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume By End-user Industry for the Period 2021-2031
  • Historical Data and Forecast of India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume By Food and Beverage for the Period 2021-2031
  • Historical Data and Forecast of India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume By Steel for the Period 2021-2031
  • Historical Data and Forecast of India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume By Oil and Gas for the Period 2021-2031
  • Historical Data and Forecast of India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume By Chemical for the Period 2021-2031
  • Historical Data and Forecast of India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume By Textile for the Period 2021-2031
  • Historical Data and Forecast of India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume By Other End-user Industries (Leather, Rubber, etc.) for the Period 2021-2031
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Import Export Trade Statistics
  • Market Opportunity Assessment By End-user Industry
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Top Companies Market Share
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Competitive Benchmarking By Technical and Operational Parameters
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Company Profiles
  • India Hydrochloric Acid Key Strategic Recommendations

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1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction

2.1 Key Highlights of the Report

2.2 Report Description

2.3 Market Scope & Segmentation

2.4 Research Methodology

2.5 Assumptions

3 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Overview

3.1 India Country Macro Economic Indicators

3.2 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume, 2021 & 2031F

3.3 India Hydrochloric Acid Market - Industry Life Cycle

3.4 India Hydrochloric Acid Market - Porter's Five Forces

3.5 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume Share, By End-user Industry, 2021 & 2031F

4 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Dynamics

4.1 Impact Analysis

4.2 Market Drivers

4.2.1 Growth in the chemical industry in India

4.2.2 Increasing demand for hydrochloric acid in pharmaceutical and agriculture sectors

4.2.3 Rise in infrastructure development projects in the country

4.3 Market Restraints

4.3.1 Fluctuating prices of raw materials used in hydrochloric acid production

4.3.2 Environmental regulations and concerns regarding the use of hydrochloric acid

4.3.3 Competition from alternative chemicals and substitutes

5 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Trends

6 India Hydrochloric Acid Market, By Types

6.1 India Hydrochloric Acid Market, By End-user Industry

6.1.1 Overview and Analysis

6.1.2 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume, By End-user Industry, 2021-2031F

6.1.3 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume, By Food and Beverage, 2021-2031F

6.1.4 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume, By Steel, 2021-2031F

6.1.5 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume, By Oil and Gas, 2021-2031F

6.1.6 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume, By Chemical, 2021-2031F

6.1.7 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume, By Textile, 2021-2031F

6.1.8 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenues & Volume, By Other End-user Industries (Leather, Rubber, etc.), 2021-2031F

7 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Import-Export Trade Statistics

7.1 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Export to Major Countries

7.2 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Imports from Major Countries

8 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Key Performance Indicators

8.1 Capacity utilization rate of hydrochloric acid production plants in India

8.2 Adoption rate of hydrochloric acid in new applications and industries

8.3 Investment trends in research and development for hydrochloric acid production technologies

9 India Hydrochloric Acid Market - Opportunity Assessment

9.1 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Opportunity Assessment, By End-user Industry, 2021 & 2031F

10 India Hydrochloric Acid Market - Competitive Landscape

10.1 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Revenue Share, By Companies, 2024

10.2 India Hydrochloric Acid Market Competitive Benchmarking, By Operating and Technical Parameters

11 Company Profiles

12 Recommendations

13 Disclaimer

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