1、 Price trend

According to the bulk data monitoring of business society, as of December 17, the average price of refrigerant R22 was 18000 yuan / ton, down 1000 yuan / ton compared with 19000 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week, down 5.26% during the week and up 25.58% compared with the same period last year

According to the bulk data monitoring of business society, as of December 17, the average price of refrigerant R134a was 32333.33 yuan / ton, down 333 yuan / ton compared with 32666.67 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week, down 1.02% during the week and up 92.08% compared with the same period last year.

2、 Market analysis

The refrigerant R22 market continued to decline this week. The price of raw hydrofluoric acid was weakly stable to about 12000 and chloroform was about 35000. There was still support on the cost side, but it weakened, and the demand side continued to weaken. At the end of the year, the downstream stock mood was negative, the holders had insufficient intention to store goods, the market trading was light, the operators’ mentality was pessimistic, and the price was as low as about 15000. As of the weekend, the R22 market quotation was mostly in the range of 15500-17500 yuan / ton, about 17000-17500 yuan / ton in Shandong, about 15500-17000 yuan / ton in Zhejiang, about 16000-16500 yuan / ton in Hunan and about 17000-17500 yuan / ton in Guangzhou. Prices continued to decline everywhere.

The refrigerant R134a market continued to decline this week, falling below 30000 yuan. The market high-end price gradually decreased, and the trend is gone. Recently, the price of raw material hydrofluoric acid has been weakly stable to about 12000, and there is still support on the cost side, but the demand expectation of the automobile market is not high, the enterprise shipment is not smooth, and the inventory is accumulated to a certain extent. The offer of the cargo holder is lowered, bearish on the future market, and Dongyue closed the offer within the week. As of the weekend, the market quotation of R134a is in the range of 29000-36000 yuan / ton, and the quotation in Zhejiang is about 29000-32000 yuan / ton, The quotation in Hunan is about 31000-32000 yuan / ton, that in Jiangsu is about 36000 yuan / ton, and that in Guangzhou is about 30000 yuan / ton. Prices in various places continue to fall.

In terms of raw materials, on December 17, the price trend of domestic hydrofluoric acid market was temporarily stable, the operation of on-site devices was stable, the supply of goods was normal, the market price trend of anhydrous hydrofluoric acid declined, and the recent rise of fluorite price had a certain supporting impact on the hydrofluoric acid Market, but the operating rate of downstream refrigerant industry was still at a low level, and the actual demand was at a low level, With regard to the Limited procurement of hydrofluoric acid and the recent decline of refrigerant market, it is expected that the market price of hydrofluoric acid may remain low.

Business community refrigerant analysts believe that the current demand boost is insufficient, the intention to prepare goods at the end of the year is not strong, the enterprise shipment is not smooth, the price is under pressure, and the operators are mostly bearish about the future market. R22 and R134a are expected to continue to decline in the short term.