Market Overview

According to the monitoring data of business associations, the price of dichloromethane in Shandong has fallen sharply in recent years. In early April, the average price of dichloromethane in Shandong Province was 3280 yuan/ton. As of April 19, the average price of dichloromethane was 2880 yuan/ton. The price of dichloromethane has been lowered by 400 yuan/ton, a drop of 12.2%.

quotations analysis

Products: After entering April, due to the continuing weak demand of downstream refrigerant market, the delivery situation of dichloromethane production enterprises in Shandong area is not good, resulting in a continuous decline in dichloromethane quotation, and the overall supply exceeds demand in the industry. At present, the quotation in Shandong is around 2880 yuan/ton, 3100-3450 yuan/ton in Jiangsu and 3350 yuan/ton in Jiangxi. In terms of start-up, at present, Jinling Chemical Plant is in full-load operation; Dongying Jinmao Full-load operation; Luxi Chemical Plant is in full-load operation; Jiangsu Science and Culture Plant is in normal operation; Jiangxi Science and Culture Plant is in normal operation, etc.

Industry chain: Upstream, the natural gas market as a whole continues to weaken, prices have been reduced to a low level, the intentions of enterprises to bid strongly, but the downstream demand is not obvious good, the overall supply of the market is sufficient, short-term domestic LNG market is still operating at a low level, currently about 3,570 yuan/ton; liquid chlorine market is high and volatile, but the overall downstream demand is limited, and enterprises are now reporting more than 500 yuan/ton. About. Domestic R410a market shocks and adjustments, the start-up rate of enterprises is low, the market demand of refrigerants downstream is weakened, mostly export orders.

Forecast for future market

Analysts of business association trichloromethane believe that the downstream market demand of domestic dichloromethane is weak, while the overall start-up of dichloromethane production enterprises is high, the spot supply is abundant and the stock is high, and the dichloromethane market is expected to remain weak in the near future.