Imports of caprolactam are relatively large, namely around 30,000 to 35,000 tons per year. Caprolactam is produced through the Toyo Rayon Photonitrosation process. The photonitrosation process is aimed at changing the form of cyclohexane to cyclohexanone oxime through an oximation reaction with nitrosyl chloride which then goes through Beckmann preparation with trifluoroacetic acid to obtain th…