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the distance involved. 71 Although total shipping costs for imported MTBE from the Arabian Gulf generally exceed total shipping costs for domestic MTBE because distances are significantly greater, U.S. shippers generally pay higher freight rates on a per ton-mile 72 basis than foreign shippers (table 3-13 and figure 3-2). U.S. producers must use U.S.-flag Jones Act vessels for cargo shipped between U.S. ports. U.S. industry representatives stated that they believe the Jones Act makes it less profitable for them to compete in the west coast market (the destination for most imported Arabian Gulf MTBE). 73 Table 3-13 Clean marine transportation, spot charter rates, 1996-98 1996 1997 1998 Total cost Rate Total cost Rate Total cost Rate Per ton Per ton-mile Per ton Per ton-mile Per ton Per ton-mile Type of voyage: Domestic (Jones Act): U.S. gulf-U.S. east coast $11.36 $0.0059 $10.23 $0.0054 $9.73 $0.0051 U.S. gulf-California (LA) Foreign: 24.75 0.0052 24.12 0.0051 21.92 0.0046 Europe-U.S. east coast 13.63 0.0040 14.97 0.0044 10.78 0.0032 Caribbean-U.S. east coast 9.32 0.0050 10.51 0.0057 6.40 0.0035 Singapore-California 19.13 0.0020 16.31 0.0020 16.10 0.0020 Arabian Gulf-California 29.48 1 0.0026 27.03 1 0.0023 24.57 0.0024 1 Estimated by the Commission using industry information. Source: Compiled by the Commission from information provided by U.S.-based shippers. 71 As of February 1999, the freight costs for shipping MTBE from the U.S. gulf coast to the east coast and to the west coast amounted to approximately 3.5 cents per gallon and 7.5 cents per gallon, respectively. As it is difficult to cover transportation costs to the west coast through the market price, there is substantially less product shipped from the gulf coast to the west coast. USITC fieldwork in the United States. 72 A ton-mile is a unit of measure reflecting the movement of 1 ton of freight 1 mile. The freight cost per ton-mile is the cost to move 1 ton this distance. 73 USITC fieldwork in the United States. 3-21
Source: Compiled by the Commission from information provided by U.S.-based shippers. 3-22
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Page 3 and 4: ITC READER SATISFACTION SURVEY Meth
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Page 13 and 14: accounts for about 30 percent of U.
Page 15 and 16: volatile organic compound emissions
Page 17 and 18: gases in Saudi Arabia regardless of
Page 19 and 20: Register (64 F.R. 5312) of February
Page 21 and 22: eportedly purchased imported MTBE d
Page 23 and 24: Table 1-1. The four main sources of
Page 25 and 26: Table 2-1 MTBE production levels of
Page 27 and 28: Saudi Arabia, 13 Venezuela, the UAE
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Page 31 and 32: (1) in refineries using either thei
Page 33 and 34: production capacity is fairly recen
Page 35 and 36: Table 3-2 31 (...continued) In the
Page 37 and 38: Table 3-3 The cost of producing MTB
Page 39 and 40: accounted for approximately 94 perc
Page 41 and 42: exploring their options regarding a
Page 43 and 44: Table 3-7 U.S. MTBE import-to-consu
Page 45 and 46: Table 3-10 Average monthly and annu
Page 47 and 48: Table 3-12 Components of LDP unit v
Page 49: Transportation Costs Practically al
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Page 55 and 56: volume, 90 and contain no lead or h
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Page 63 and 64: produce disruptions in the fuel sup
Page 65 and 66: According to one source, the “vol
Page 67 and 68: level almost reached the record hig
Page 69 and 70: Europe consider ethanol to be too c
Page 71 and 72: TAME is produced in about five to s
Page 73 and 74: our continued economic growth.” 4
Page 75 and 76: with $5.5 billion in 1996. 17 As of
Page 77 and 78: Port in Madinat Al-Jubail. 35 Both
Page 79 and 80: Alujain was to have held about 30 p
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Page 89 and 90: consumed domestically “as fuel an
Page 91 and 92: price would be determined by deduct
Page 93 and 94: Government Policies This section pr
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Page 97 and 98: intent of the investment condition
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In another argument, several source
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Opinions within the industry differ
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Appendix C Witness List
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Appendix D Glossary
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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-the
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D-4
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MTBE Production Processes STEAM CRA
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Figure E-2 is not available in the
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dehydrated to form isobutylene) or
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Appendix F U.S. Production and Cons
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Table F-1 U.S. methanol producers,
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Table F-3 U.S. methanol production,
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increased during this period; Canad
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another 3 to 5 percent is reportedl
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2 percent. This growth rate was in
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Table F-6 Annual production of liqu
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Table F-7 U.S. annual production, t
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Appendix G U.S. Tariff Treatment an
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Appendix H Chronology of Events Rel
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Year MTBE-related incidents, academ
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Chronology of Events Related to the
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Appendix J Legislation and Other Ac
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Jersey introduced legislation that
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