Market price of chloroform in Shandong increased slightly

1、 Price trend

According to the monitoring of bulk data from the business agency, the price of chloroform in Shandong increased slightly. The average price at the beginning of the month was about 2000 yuan / ton. As of February 12, the price was 2050 yuan / ton, up 2.5% per day.

2、 Cause analysis

Product reasons: novel coronavirus pneumonia is affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic after the Spring Festival. Besides the parking of Jinmao plant in Dongying, the production of chloroform in Shandong area has generally started about 5. Due to limited transportation, the shipment of enterprises is not smooth, the pressure of the warehouse is increasing. On the 12 day, Shandong Jinling has completely stopped, and the spot supply of the market has further declined, and the enterprise immediately increases the offer. Before that, the quotation in Shandong was about 2050 yuan / ton, Jiangxi Liwen was about 2150 yuan / ton, and Jiangsu was about 2900 yuan / ton.

Industry chain: in the upstream, the methanol market is not well started, mainly consuming inventory, and the overall demand is poor. At present, it is about 2147 yuan / ton; in the liquid chlorine market, the start-up is low, and the spot supply is tight, at present, it is about 300-500 yuan / ton. In the downstream, the domestic refrigerant market is basically closed, with stable price operation; the pharmaceutical agricultural market and solvent industry are not well started, with poor rigid demand and insufficient support for the price of chloroform.

3、 Future forecast

According to the data analyst of methane chloride of business association, affected by the epidemic situation of new crown virus, domestic chloroform enterprises have difficulty in shipping and obvious storage pressure. Affected by the overall shutdown of Jinling, the spot supply has declined to a certain extent, and it is expected that the market price will fluctuate in a short time.