There were only few players in the market for the production of the HPQ whereas, end use application of HPQ majorly in electronics, microelectronics, solar power. The demand for the HPQ increases from demand side owing to growth in the end use industries whereas, manufacturing of HPQ with more than 99.99% purity is little bit difficult. so, this may be the reason for the demand and supply gap of HPQ.
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