I. price trend
The domestic market of cyclohexanone remained stable this week. According to the monitoring data of business agency, the average price of domestic producers of cyclohexanone at the beginning of the week and the end of the week was 7900 yuan / ton, down 12.71% month on month and 39.23% year on year.
II. Market analysis
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Product: this week, domestic cyclohexanone manufacturers have made it clear that there are not many offers. The shipping level of enterprises is around 7600-7800 yuan / ton. Most of them supply supporting downstream production demand, and the inventory level is low. The market of cyclohexanone in South China is weak, and the negotiation is delivered with reference to 8050-8150 yuan / ton. The buying intention tends to be lower than the low-end. The seller ships with the market. The atmosphere is relatively weak, and the merchants are optimistic. The market of cyclohexanone in East China was sorted out in a weak atmosphere. The negotiation reference was 8000-8100 yuan / ton. A few of the sales were slightly higher. The weak upstream operation lacked effective support for the market, and the rigid downstream procurement was the main demand.
Industrial chain: raw materials, pure benzene: Asian pure benzene Market: in December, the seller intends to pay 623 US dollars / ton fob in Korea. Domestic pure benzene Market: weak situation of East China pure benzene market is sorted out, and the negotiation reference is 5200-5300 yuan / ton, and the negotiation of far month goods is 5000-5050 yuan / ton. Part of the buying intention is slightly low, the optimistic attitude is insufficient, and the external market shock lacks support for domestic trade.
Caprolactam: the weak market of US $caprolactam is lower, the quotation of merchants is lower, the inquiry atmosphere of downstream factories is light, there are not many actual orders in the market, and the mainstream negotiation reference is 1330-1350 US dollars / ton. The caprolactam liquid market is weak, and the main real single negotiated price in East China market is 11400-11500 yuan / ton (6 months’ acceptance delivery), stable. Caprolactam business offer is temporarily stable, the focus of market negotiation is low-end. Downstream just need to buy mainly, the market trading atmosphere is light.
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Adipic acid: the domestic adipic acid market is weak and volatile, the weak atmosphere in the market is diffuse, the downstream demand is sluggish and hard to change, the inquiry continues to be light, the mentality of traders is short, the initial inventory is sold at a low price, and it is expected that the adipic acid market will be narrowed in the future.
III. future forecast
On the positive side, rigid demand is relatively stable. On the negative side, the demand is insufficient; the market of downstream products is low; the price of pure benzene is declining. According to the analysis of cyclohexanone by the business society, the upstream and downstream short-term performance is weak, lack of effective support for the market, low prices of enterprises, and weak short-term consolidation of the domestic market of cyclohexanone.
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