Price Trends

The BCS market will continue the uptrend. First, the EO market will continue to move up on the tight supply.

• BCS
• EO
• Glycol

The Chinese butyl cellosolve (BCS) market rebounded strongly recently. During one week, the BCS market jumped from RMB 8,550/mt to RMB 9,500/mt.

• BCS
• Glycol

In recent years, many accidents have happened and there is no exception in the dye market. As dye producers,

• Dyes

n H1 July, the Chinese caprolactam (CPL) market saw tight supply. However, the capacity growth has been the rapidest in 2017. What are the reasons for the tight supply?

• Caprolactam

The acrylate market has been largely stable with mild changes for a while. All acrylate producers, middlemen and downstream users focus on the coming market.

• Acrylate

The Chinese neopentyl glycol (NPG) market inced down this week. Isobutyraldehyde market prices were largely stable. NPG producers mainly stocked up.

• NPG

The Chinese cyclohexanone inched up this week. The raw materials market of cyclohexanone was stable.

• Cyclohexanone

The Chinese acrylic latex market was stable this week. Raw materials butyl acrylate market continued decreasing and MMA market remained stable.

• Acrylic

During the renovation starting in April, the monthly production of HCBR was only half of the normal volume. In April–May, the monthly production of HCBR was around 6,000mt.

• SBR
• Polybutadiene

In H1, 2017, the aniline market fluctuated greatly. The fluctuation range was between RMB 7,920/mt (average price in North China and Shandong) and RMB 10,125/mt

• Aniline
• Dye

China is one of the biggest titanium dioxide producers in the world and is also the largest exporter of titanium dioxide.

• Titanium Dioxide

The operating rate in the titanium dioxide industry will be low, which will be under 60%. As the devices in part of factories will be shut or undergo maintenance, the supply of titanium dioxide will decrease.

• Calcium
• Carbonate

The average operating rate of China’s PTA industry was 71.60% in H1, 2017, which was up 5.39% from 66.21% in H1, 2016.

• PTA

The Chinese adipic acid market was weak, although the decline growth slowed down. Since the market was still soft at present and main suppliers still suffered inventory pressure, the adipic acid price fell slightly from the last month.

According to the data, the inventory of n-butyl alcohol (NBA) at main port in East China hit 100kt at the end of February 2017.

• NBA