1、 Price trend
According to the data of the business agency, as of July 30, the average price of maleic anhydride in China was 6433 yuan / ton (including tax), and the market as a whole remained stable, with a decrease of 0.52% compared with the average price of 6533 yuan / ton in the same period of last month.
The commodity index of maleic anhydride on July 10 was 60.60, unchanged with yesterday, down 51.00% from 123.67 (December 26, 2017), and 18.41% higher than the lowest point of 51.18 on April 14, 2020.
2、 Analysis of influencing factors
Products: this week, the domestic maleic anhydride market is still running stably. The solid anhydride in Jiangsu Province is about 5700 yuan / ton, the liquid anhydride is about 5600 yuan / ton, the solid anhydride in Shandong area is about 5500 yuan / ton, and the liquid anhydride is about 5300 yuan / ton. The spot supply in the market is still on the low side, which is good for the enterprises to support the price, but there is no new price transaction in the industry.
Industrial chain: affected by the parking of some hydrogenated benzene enterprises and the exploration of pure benzene as raw materials, the hydrobenzene market gradually recovered, and traders began to copy the bottom price. However, with the recovery of market start-up and the behaviors of middlemen, the market upward momentum of hydrobenzene market was insufficient; the downstream resin market was in the off season, the market operating rate was less than 40%, the downstream demand was limited, and the price support for maleic anhydride was insufficient.
3、 Future forecast
According to the analysts of maleic anhydride products of business club, the current spot supply of maleic anhydride market is too small, which is difficult to effectively alleviate in a short period of time, and enterprises have a good attitude of supporting prices. A small number of enterprises have raised their prices, and it is expected that the price of maleic anhydride will be firm in the short term.
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