Market Flash

In addition to work stoppages, transportation suspensions, and restricted personnel movement caused by the epidemic, the chemical industry is also facing multiple "tests" towards the end of the year.

• chemical stock

Quietly, there are more and more sweet-tasting but sugar-free drinks and foods around us, all of which use one type of ingredient, sugar substitute.

• sugar reduction
• sugar free

According to customs data, in November 2021, China’s titanium dioxide exports were about 123,600 tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.06%, and a month-on-month increase of 6.68%

• Titanium Dioxide
• trade data

Since December, the titanium dioxide industry has set off another round of price increases. Following the industry leader Longbai Group’s announcement of price increases

• Titanium Dioxide
• chemical price

As we all know, fumed silica is an ultrafine powder material obtained by the high-temperature hydrolytic condensation of halosilanes in a hydroxide flame (Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the fumed silica synthesis principle).

• silica-based
• Painting&Coating

Affected by the dual control policy of energy consumption, tight supply of raw materials and rising costs, upstream factories have a strong willingness to raise prices

• vitamin
• calcium pantothenate

The East China market of bisphenol A was arranged sideways at RMB 16,100-16,200/ton, and the transaction atmosphere was light.

• Epoxy resin

Recently, A-share titanium dioxide leader Anada issued a price adjustment letter, stating that based on recent market demand for titanium dioxide and the sharp increase in raw material prices and other factors, after research and decision

• chemical price
• Titanium

On December 13, 2021, in accordance with the "Several Opinions of the State Council on Improving and Strengthening the Management of Central Fiscal Research Projects and Funds

• Bio-based polyester
• Polycarbonate

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on December 15th, in November, the value added of industries above designated size increased by 3.8% year-on-year in real terms

• chemical material

According to data released by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in South Africa, the Omicron variant is spreading faster and is more transmissible than the previous variant.

• port cargo

The represent two different business models, the main difference lies in whether they directly own or control the port-to-port trunk transportation network and the end-to-end logistics network

• shipping news

The low ocean freight prices in the past decade were essentially brought about by the continuous price war started by the large shipping companies represented by Maersk

• shipping news
• port cargo

Recently, based on the research of the global UV curing coatings market segmentation, the global 2025 forecast market research report released on the Internet pointed out that the global UV curing coatings market

• UV curable coating

A large cohort study of nearly 200,000 people at Harvard University showed that people who drank artificial sugar substitutes daily had a 19% increased risk of developing diabetes, which was higher than the risk of diabetes.

• sugar reduction
• Forum
• Diabetes
• food health

According to documents submitted to the Texas regulatory agency, polymer producer Braskem said it had closed its C-line polypropylene (PP) production unit in Laporte, Texas on December 8.

• polypropylene
• Eastman
• Kuraray
• Mitsubishi
• Toray

The total value of China's imports and exports in the first 11 months exceeded that of last year, reaching 35.39 trillion yuan.

• trade
• custom statistics

This week, the veterinary drug raw material market continued its previous trend, continued to fluctuate and fell, the quotations were more chaotic, and the market sentiment was generally not high.

• Tylosin tartrate
• Tilmicosin
• veterinary

Recently, the supply chain crisis caused by the COVID-19 epidemic has been plagued by the European chemical industry.

• chemical supply
• European chemical industry

Zhejiang Province: High-speed closure, suspension of operation, suspension of work, suspension of production

• chemical production
• operation suspension
• transportation