Price Trends

According market players, the unit in CCS will restart and the overall supply of acetone is expected to increase.

• Acetone
• MIBK

Weekly offers and analyses for chemicals this week are as follows:

• Weekly
• Offers

The satisfactory export market may support the Chinese titanium dioxide market to some degree.

• Titanium Dioxide
• Export

Weekly offers and analyses for chemicals this week are as follows:

• Weekly
• Offer

Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group failed to restart, and Anhui Huayi Chemical took overhaul because of units’ breakdown.

• Glacial Acetic Acid

The demand in the domestic market is flat, and some producers tend to export goods to the foreign market. It is predicted that the Chinese titanium dioxide market will continue to move marginally in the short term.

• Titanium Dioxide

In North China, delivered prices for sec-butyl acetate were in the range of RMB 6,250-6,650/mt.

• Sec Butyl Acetate
• Glacial Acetic Acid

As for prices for liquid chlorine in tank in Shandong need more RMB 200-400/mt, which increases the production cost of PO.

• PO
• SCO

Weekly offers and analyses for chemicals this week are as follows:

• Weekly
• Offer

On the whole, the aniline market in June is expected to continue to inch down. Considering the profits, the aniline prices won’t decline to much. If the aniline market prices continue moving down, aniline producers may limit the production to ensure the p

• Aniline
• Maintenance

Corn prices are expected to move up on the limited inventory in North China, which will increase the production cost of citric acid.

• Citric Acid
• Corn

As for producers adopted propylene method, they saw higher production cost as the propylene market prices were increasing.

• Isopropanol
• Acetone
• Propylene

On the whole, the phenol supply won’t be tight with the recovery of phenolic ketone unit finishes the maintenance.

• Phenol
• Benzene
• Supply

In Q1, 2018, the export volume reached 2,221.01mt, jumping 2,747.93% year on year. Around 6kt of epichlorohydrin were exported without the record of customs. The export volume was expected to hit a historical high.

• Epichlorohydrin

Weekly offers and analyses for chemicals this week are as follows:

• Weekly
• Offer

Influenced by the high prices of glacial acetic acid, VAC producers adopted calcium carbide method in Northwest China increase greatly.

• Glacial Acetic Acid
• VAC
• Styrene

Producers’ offers are stable, and producers have no intention to adjust prices.

• Titanium Dioxide

However, acetone producers didn’t cut the prices further.With the declines in supply of low-priced goods, the market prices rebounded.

• Acetone
• Price

From early 2018, MMA producers published their maintenance schedule and the MMA market prices continued increasing and reached a new hig...

• MMA
• Coatings
• PMMA

Weekly offers and analyses for chemicals this week are as follows:

• Weekly
• Offer