A glycol starting material for the manufacture of a polyester molded body containing 1 to 20% by weight of dispersed superfine ceramic powder aggregates relative to the total weight of the glycol wherein the superfine ceramic powder aggregates dispersed in the glycol starting material have a mean particle size of 0.05 to 0.5 μm measurement as measured with a laser diffraction particle size distribution analyzer, and wherein a peak indicated in a particle size distribution curve of the superfine ceramic powder aggregates obtained based on results of the measurement satisfies the relationship of w/h≦0.7, wherein h is peak height and w is the peak width at one half of the peak height.