Availability of waxes in Europe overall appears balanced, but paraffin and microcrystalline wax supplies are short, and have to be substituted increasingly with imports from Asia, an industry insider says. Asia now has to be regarded as the world's leading wax supplier, especially as European API Group I base oil plants face potential closures, according to Kerax, the largest blender of waxes in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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