Price Trends

The Chinese rutile titanium dioxide market prices continued the downtrend. Restricted by the environmental protection inspection,

• Titanium Dioxide

The international benzene market hovered at lows and the Chinese benzene market moved marginally. The production cost for cyclohexanone market was not firm.

• Cyclohexanone
• Benzene

The Chinese acrylic latex market remained stable, though the butyl acrylate market rebounded. The MMA market prices were at a high level. Up to July 20, 2017,

• Acrylic
• Latex
• MMA

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