I. Lithium hydroxide price trend:

According to the data from the business associations’lists, the market price of lithium hydroxide dropped by 5.00% on Thursday (July 11) and 9.00% on June 18 as of July 18. Today, the mainstream price of lithium hydroxide in China is 74000-82000 yuan/ton.

II. Market analysis:

Products: Lithium hydroxide market price down. At present, Shanghai Yulun industrial grade lithium hydroxide is quoted at 8,200 yuan/ton, Zigong Tongfarong industrial grade lithium hydroxide is quoted at 74,000 yuan/ton, and Shanghai Oujin industrial grade lithium hydroxide is quoted at 81,500 yuan/ton. The specific price is one-sided.

Industry chain: upstream lithium carbonate negotiations focus on the low end, the market demand is weak, the lack of obvious good support, inventory gradually increased, manufacturers’willingness to ship obvious, downstream users just need to purchase.

3. Future market forecast:

According to business associations, the domestic industrial lithium hydroxide Market in the short term will be mainly stable.

On July 16, the hydrofluoric acid commodity index was 109.62, unchanged from yesterday, down 21.94% from the peak of 140.43 points in the cycle (2018-02-21), and up 104.55% from the low of 53.59 points on November 30, 2016. (Note: Period refers to 2011-09-01 to date)

According to statistics, the domestic market price of hydrofluoric acid was temporarily stable on July 17, up to the present domestic market price of hydrofluoric acid was 12080 yuan/ton, and the domestic start-up rate of hydrofluoric acid was less than 60%. Enterprises reflected the shortage of spot supply of hydrofluoric acid in the field at present, and the recent situation of goods on the market has improved. Because of the high raw material fluorite, some hydrofluoric acid manufacturers are on the market. The market price of hydrofluoric acid is going up by adjusting the ex-factory price. At present, the mainstream of hydrofluoric acid negotiations in the southern region is about 11500-12500 yuan/ton, while the price of hydrofluoric acid in the northern market is about 12000-12500 yuan/ton. Domestic hydrofluoric acid market prices increased, spot supply decreased slightly, but demand did not change very much, the price trend of hydrofluoric acid Market rose.

Recent downstream refrigerant products start at a low level, the upstream fluorite and hydrofluoric acid demand is general, the recent downstream refrigerant trading market is general, hydrofluoric acid product price shocks. Recent downstream refrigerant market transactions have improved, R22 refrigerant plant surface started at 60%, R22 market device start-up rate is temporarily stable, the main production enterprise bulk water factory offer price is between 18,000-19,000 yuan/ton, but the production enterprise does not have bulk water spot, mainly a small number of cylinders shipment. In addition, the actual demand side of the market has not changed much, and the delivery market has increased. The domestic market price trend of R134a is not good, the start-up rate of production enterprises remains low, the refrigerant market demand is general, and the manufacturers mainly export their products. However, the on-site transaction price does not change much. Businessmen purchase on demand. Recently, due to the normal supply of goods, the price trend of hydrofluoric acid market is temporarily stable.

Refrigerant on-site transactions are general, refrigerant industry equipment start-up rate remains low, for upstream hydrofluoric acid market demand is normal, hydrofluoric acid spot supply is normal, Business Analyst Chen Ling believes that the hydrofluoric acid market may continue to oscillate.

On July 16, the ammonium nitrate commodity index was 103.51, which was the same as yesterday. It was 12.59% lower than the peak of 118.42 points (2019-01-15) in the cycle, and 33.79% higher than the low of 77.37 points on October 31, 2016. (Note: Period refers to 2013-02-01 to date).

Recently, domestic ammonium nitrate market price trend is temporarily stable. Affected by environmental protection control, domestic ammonium nitrate plant shuts down more, domestic ammonium nitrate plant starts less, but recently with the warming of the weather, the influence of northern air limitation disappears. In addition, due to the complete shutdown of domestic downstream civil explosion industry, domestic ammonium nitrate manufacturers have more stockpiles. Domestic prices are declining. As of the 16th, domestic ammonium nitrate market price negotiations in 1900-2050 yuan/ton, affected by environmental protection, so now many manufacturers in many areas are forced to limit production or stop production and maintenance for environmental protection inspection, the price trend of ammonium nitrate on the site is temporarily stable.

Recently, the domestic nitric acid price trend has been slightly lower, up to 16 days, the market price is 1756.67 yuan/ton. The decline of nitric acid price has a negative impact on the ammonium nitrate market. The price trend of ammonium nitrate keeps low. The domestic liquid ammonia Market in the upstream is rising slightly, the market performance is general, and the market turnover is still acceptable. The impact of increased travel costs, transaction stability, the majority of manufacturers inventory pressure slightly eased compared with the previous period, some maintenance-oriented, most manufacturers in North China supply performance is still acceptable, manufacturers in the northern region quoted price maintained in 3300 yuan/ton, northwest region quoted price in 2800-3000 yuan/ton, the normal shipment of manufacturers, Reasonable purchasing of downstream manufacturers and rising prices of raw materials in the upstream have a positive impact on the ammonium nitrate market. The price trend of ammonium nitrate Market is temporarily stable. At the end of the peak season of the downstream civil explosion industry recently, the demand for ammonium nitrate has weakened and the stocks of ammonium nitrate manufacturers have increased, but the liquid ammonia market is on the rise again. The ammonium nitrate Market is shaking at a low level because of the bad market. Ammonium nitrate analysts believe that the recent upstream raw material market price shocks, but the downstream demand is not good, ammonium nitrate market prices are expected to maintain shocks in the later period.

On July 15, the ammonium nitrate commodity index was 103.51, which was the same as yesterday. It was 12.59% lower than the cyclical peak of 118.42 points (2019-01-15), and 33.79% higher than the lowest point of 77.37 on October 31, 2016. (Note: Period refers to 2013-02-01 to date).

Recently, domestic ammonium nitrate market price trend is temporarily stable. Affected by environmental protection control, domestic ammonium nitrate plant shuts down more, domestic ammonium nitrate plant starts less, but recently with the warming of the weather, the influence of northern air limitation disappears. In addition, due to the complete shutdown of domestic downstream civil explosion industry, domestic ammonium nitrate manufacturers have more stockpiles. Domestic prices are declining. As of the 15th day, the domestic ammonium nitrate market price talks in 1900-2050 yuan/ton, affected by environmental protection, so now many manufacturers in many areas are forced to limit production or stop production and maintenance for environmental protection inspection, the price trend of ammonium nitrate on the site is temporarily stable.

The recent domestic nitric acid price trend is temporarily stable, the market price is 1773.33 yuan/ton as of the 15th day. The temporary stable trend of nitric acid price has a certain positive impact on the ammonium nitrate market, and the price trend of ammonium nitrate is stable. The domestic liquid ammonia Market in the upstream is rising slightly, the market performance is general, and the market transaction is still acceptable, mainly due to the upstream cost increase. Additionally, the transaction remained stable. Most of the manufacturers’inventory pressure eased slightly compared with the previous period, and some of the overhauls were the main ones. The supply performance of most manufacturers in North China was still acceptable. The price quoted by manufacturers in North China was maintained at around 3200 yuan/ton. The price quoted by manufacturers in Northwest China was between 2750 and 2800 yuan/ton. The manufacturers shipped normally and downstream manufacturers. Rational purchasing and rising prices of raw materials in the upstream have a positive impact on the ammonium nitrate market. The price trend of ammonium nitrate Market is temporarily stable. At the end of the peak season of the downstream civil explosion industry recently, the demand for ammonium nitrate has weakened and the stocks of ammonium nitrate manufacturers have increased, but the liquid ammonia market is on the rise again. The ammonium nitrate Market is shaking at a low level because of the bad market. Ammonium nitrate analysts believe that the recent upstream raw material market price shocks, but the downstream demand is not good, ammonium nitrate market prices are expected to maintain shocks in the later period.

Price Trend

According to the monitoring data of business associations, the domestic acetic acid market first restrained and then rose this week. At the beginning of the week, the average price of acetic acid in eastern China was about 2700 yuan/ton. At the end of the week, the average price of acetic acid in eastern China fell to about 2633 yuan/ton. The price of acetic acid slightly dropped by 2.47%, and the lowest price in the week was 2600 yuan/ton. At present, the quotation in Henan is around 2400-2450/ton; in Shandong, 2600-2750 yuan/ton; in Hebei, 2500-2550 yuan/ton; in Shaanxi, 2050 yuan/ton; in Jiangsu, 2600-2700 yuan/ton; in Zhejiang, 2750-2850 yuan/ton; and in South China, 2700-2800 yuan/ton./ About a ton, the overall decline was 42.12% over the same period last year.

II. Cause Analysis

Products: At the beginning of this week, the domestic acetic acid market was affected by the poor demand downstream, and the price of acetic acid continued to fall. Near the weekend, Jiantao, Longyu, Henan and Yima planned maintenance continuously, which led to the supply of acetic acid in North China and Central China was tight, and the price of acetic acid increased accordingly. The concentrated maintenance period in June in East China led to the increase of the price of acetic acid. The supply gap still needs time to recover, so prices follow suit. In terms of start-up, the industry’s start-up rate is still acceptable, with the overall start-up rate of about 85% in a week, 3-4 days in Jiantao, 3-2 days in Yima, Henan, and about January in Longyu.

Industry chain: In the upstream, domestic methanol market is affected by weak demand. Enterprise shipments are general. At the beginning of the week, the average price of methanol market is 2160 yuan/ton. At the end of the week, it reported 2134 yuan/ton, a decline of 1.2%. The price is 25.3% lower than that of the same period last year. Affected by the strong price of raw materials and tight supply, domestic acetate and vinyl acetate etc. The industry is steadily rising in the week, and is expected to consolidate at a high level in a short time. Domestic PTA spot market delivery is light, rising first and then falling in the week, currently about 6700 yuan/ton.

International: North American acetic acid market has been running steadily in a week, currently about 400 US dollars per ton; Asian acetic acid market is affected by the increase of supply, stable and soft in a week, and the current quotation is 330-395 US dollars per ton; European acetic acid market is affected by the insufficient support of raw material methanol, weak operation in a week, and the current quotation is about 685 Euro/ton.

3. Future Market Forecast

At present, domestic acetic acid enterprises have successively introduced maintenance plans. The spot supply is insufficient and the stock is low. It is difficult to alleviate the supply-side gap in the short term. The acetic acid data analysts of business associations believe that the overall trade in the acetic acid market is still slightly flat. The poor downstream demand is insufficient to support the price of acetic acid, and the reduction of acetic acid supply can only be achieved in the short term. In a short period of time, the acetic acid market will rise slightly.