Price of chlorinated paraffin stabilized in April

1、 Price trend

 

According to the monitoring data of business agency, the price of domestic chlorinated paraffin in March fell by 2.70% in 52 months. In April, the market tends to be stable. On April 15, the ex factory price of grade I chlorinated paraffin 52 was 4800 yuan / ton, and the price was stable within the month. On April 15, the commodity index of chlorinated paraffin was 71.46, which was the same as yesterday, 34.70% lower than the highest point of 109.43 (2013-12-03), and 11.92% higher than the lowest point of 63.85 on September 26, 2016. (Note: cycle refers to 2012-06-01 to now)

 

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2、 Market analysis

 

Product: after falling in March, the market of chlorinated paraffin tends to be stable. The ex factory quotation of chlorinated paraffin 52 in Jiangsu Province is 4600-5000 yuan / ton, that of chlorinated paraffin 52 in Hebei Province is 3700-4500 yuan / ton, and that of chlorinated paraffin 52 in Henan Province is 4000-5300 yuan / ton. The ex factory quotation of chlorinated paraffin 52 in Northeast China is 4300-5300 yuan / ton. The ex factory quotation of chlorinated paraffin 52 in Shandong Province is about 3800-4800 yuan / ton. The ex factory quotation of chlorinated paraffin 52 in Northwest China is 4800-5400 yuan / ton. The ex factory quotation of chlorinated paraffin 52 in East China is 4500-5500 yuan / ton. The factory quotation of chlorinated paraffin 52 in North China is 5000-5500 yuan / ton. The ex factory quotation of chlorinated paraffin 52 in South China is about 4600 yuan / ton.

 

Industry chain: in March, the price of raw material liquid wax was stable for shipment, the market was stable, and just needed to get the goods. The prices of some regions in the liquid chlorine market are rising, and the prices of many regions are in balance, with no change in demand. Low load operation of downstream enterprises of chlorinated paraffin. Enter the range of raw material market in April. The price of liquid wax was stable in the mainstream and increased in some cases. The price range of liquid chlorine fluctuated, and the future market remained on the sidelines.

 

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Industry: according to the price monitoring of the business agency, in the 14th week of 2020 (4.6-4.10), there are 28 kinds of commodities in the list of commodity price rise and fall in the chemical industry sector, including 13 kinds of commodities with an increase of more than 5%, accounting for 14.9% of the number of commodities monitored in the sector; the top three commodities are pure benzene (21.34%), crude benzene (20.34%) and acetone (15.79%). There are 28 kinds of commodities falling on a month on month basis, with 5 kinds of commodities falling by more than 5%, accounting for 5.7% of the number of commodities monitored in the sector; the top three products falling are ethylene (- 11.31%), butadiene (- 10.19%) and aniline (- 5.63%). This week’s average was up or down 1.05%.

 

3、 Future forecast

 

Analysts of chlorinated paraffin in business association believe that the operating rate of chlorinated paraffin in March is low, the terminal demand is weak, the market supply is greater than the demand, and the market of chlorinated paraffin fluctuates downward. In April, the operating rate increased, terminal demand eased, but it was still not high, and the market remained stable. It is expected that the market of chlorinated paraffin will continue to be weak in the later period.

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