For xenon, hopes are only on a spot demand

摘要

Sales of the 3 rare gases in 2012 show that neon was down by 3% over the previous year, amounting to 30 million liters, krypton likewise down by 5%, amounting to 3.6 million liters, and xenon likewise down by 22%, amounting to 700,000 liters. Sales showed a trend from being flat to going over to a decrease. With the breaking down of the xenon market, the entire scale of the market in terms of monetary amounts was only half of what it was during the peak period. Just for 2012, however, the market was comparatively stable.