Price Trends

The Chinese glacial acetic acid moved marginally this week. Up to August 17, the closing prices in East China were in the range of RMB 2,900-3,150/mt.

• Glacial Acetic Acid

The TDI and MDI market increased significantly this week.

The cyclohexanone market fluctuated down this week. The international benzene market fluctuated at lows and the Chinese benzene market prices fluctuated below the posted prices.

• Cyclohexanone
• Benzene

The Chinese rutile titanium dioxide market was largely stable this week. Pressured by the environmental protection supervision,

• Titanium Dioxide

The Chinese phenol market inched down and the overall trading met standoff. The overall operating rate of phenolic ketone was about 80%

• Phenol
• BPA

The sec-butyl acetate market was range-bound this week. The operating rate in sec-butyl acetate factories was stable. As the inventory was limited, the retail price was firm.

In recent two weeks, the the propylene oxide (PO) and polyether glycol jumped. Since August 8, the PO market continued the uptrend and the total increase was RMB 3,300/mt,

• Polyester
• Polyether Polyol

According to the China Environmental Protection Supervision Committee, the environment protection supervision in Shandong will last for a month.

Boosted by the raw materials market and tight supply, the Chinese butyl cellosolve (BCS) market boomed again. In H2 August, how will the BCS market perform?

• BCS
• EO
• EG
• NBA

The Chinese ethylene oxide (EO) market increased this week. Up to August 10, the EO fixed price in Sinopec Shanghai Company was RMB 9,300/mt, which was up 3% W-O-W.

Recently, the supply of Chinese ethylene oxide (EO) has remained tight. Some EO units in Northeast China were shut on breakdowns.

• EO
• EG

The chemical industry increased greatly in July. According to data from Chemsino, the China Commodity Price Index (CPPI) increased continually, which was 4,644 and increased 4.5% at the end of July.

The Chinese butyl acrylate market moved up this week. The supply of butyl acrylate was tight, and producers raised offers.

• ButylAcrylate

The Chinese cyclohexanone market inched down this week. The international benzene market kept hovering at lows.

• Cyclohexanone
• Benzene

The Chinese rutile titanium dioxide market was largely stable this week. Pressured by the environmental protection inspection,

• Titanium Dioxide

After the great increases in H2, July, the butyl cellosolve (BCS) market was weak on the tepid demand and down n-butyl alcohol (NBA) market.

• BCS
• NBA

The ethylene oxide (EO) market increased slightly this week. Up to Aug 3, the EO fixed price in Sinopec Shanghai Company was RMB 9,000/mt, which was up 2.27% W-O-W.

The Chinese cyclohexanone market moved marginally this week. The international and Chinese benzene markets hovered at lows.

• Cyclohexanone
• Benzene

The Chinese rutile titanium dioxide market inched down this week. Pressured by the environmental protection inspection,

• Titanium Dioxide

The Chinese acrylic latex market was stable this week, though butyl acrylate market went up slightly. MMA prices continued the uptrend.

• MMA
• Acrylic Latex