Imports of caprolactam for domestic fulfillment have reached 30,000 to 35,000 tons per year over the last five years. Caprolactam is produced using the Toyo Rayon Photonitrosation process which converts cyclohexane into cyclohexanone oxime through an oximation reaction between cyclohexane and nitrosyl chloride in a photonitrosation reactor (R-101), then reacted again with trifluoroaceti…