Trichloromethane market price is stable and weak in July

1、 Price trend

 

According to the monitoring of the bulk data of the business agency, the market of chloroform in Shandong was stable and weak in July. At the beginning of the month, the average price of chloroform in Shandong remained at about 2000 yuan / ton. Near the end of the month, the average price of chloroform dropped to 1900 yuan / ton, a decrease of 5% compared with the beginning of the month.

 

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Production capacity and operation of the enterprise

Jinling, Shandong: 440000 tons / year, 80%

Dongying Jinmao 120000 tons / year parking

400000 tons / year

Jiangsu Liwen 160000 tons / year normal

Jiangxi Liwen: 120000 tons / year: 50%

The overall chloroform market in this month is mainly horizontal arrangement. The production start-up of enterprises is limited, and the inventory pressure is not high. Due to the high price of liquid chlorine of raw materials, the production cost of enterprises is high. However, the demand of downstream market is not good, and the price of chloroform continues to be stable. Near the end of the month, with the gradual recovery of enterprise production, the price of chloroform continues to decline. At present, the price quoted by Shandong is about 1900-1950 yuan / ton, Jiangxi Liwen is about 2300 yuan / ton, and Jiangsu is about 2650 yuan / ton.

 

In terms of upstream market, methanol market fluctuated downward, maintenance enterprises in Northwest China gradually recovered, enterprises and port inventory increased, spot price of methanol continued to decline, at present, about 1622 yuan / ton; liquid chlorine market was high, regional differences in enterprise start-up were large, regional market was affected by enterprise start-up, the current average price was about 700-900 yuan / ton.

 

On the other hand, the terminal demand of after-sales market of R22 downstream of trichloromethane is in general, the export is not good, and the domestic after-sales market has not improved significantly. Due to internal and external troubles, R22 manufacturers are under pressure to ship, and the market start-up is not high, at present, about 15000-16000 yuan / ton; pharmaceutical and agricultural diluents and other industries mainly purchase rigid demand, and support the chloroform market is flat.

 

Analysts of CH4 chloride data from business society believe that the current spot supply of chloroform market is increasing with the operating rate of enterprises, while the downstream refrigerant market is approaching the off-season, and the market demand will further decline. Under the high production cost of enterprises, it is expected that the chloroform market will remain weak and stable in a short time.

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