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PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTER AND ESTERIFICATION CATALYST
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A process for carboxylic acid ester production by which a carboxylic acid ester comprising an alcohol and a carboxylic acid each having 10 or more carbon atoms can be produced in a high yield. The catalyst used can be reused. The process generates a small amount of wastes and is less apt to pose an environmental problem. Also provided is an esterification catalyst usable in the process. In the esterification of a C10 or higher carboxylic acid and a C10 or higher alcohol, use is made, as a catalyst, of a hydrate of a salt of at least one metal selected among aluminum, gallium, indium, iron, cobalt, nickel, zinc, zirconium, hafnium, and niobium.