1、 Price trend
According to the data of the business agency, the domestic maleic anhydride market has been on the rise this week. At the beginning of the week, the average price of maleic anhydride by benzene hydrogenation method was 6766 yuan / ton (including tax), and rose to about 6833 yuan / ton at the weekend, with an increase of 0.99% during the week and 6.22% compared with the average price of 6433 yuan / ton in the same period of last month.
The commodity index of maleic anhydride on August 20 was 63.74, which was the same as yesterday, decreased by 48.46% from the highest point of 123.67 (December 26, 2017), and increased by 24.54% from the lowest point of 51.18 on April 14, 2020. (Note: period refers to 2011-09-01 to now).
2、 Analysis of influencing factors
Products: this week, domestic maleic anhydride enterprises started smoothly as a whole, and the spot supply of the market was still tight. The mainstream manufacturers supplied more contract customers, and some enterprises were reluctant to sell. The rising sentiment in the industry was high. During the week, the increase in various regions was about 200-400 yuan / ton. At present, the solid anhydride in Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanxi and Hebei provinces was 6200 yuan / ton, 6350 yuan / ton, 6200 yuan / ton and 6200 yuan / ton, respectively The area solid anhydride is about 6100 yuan / ton, and that in South China is about 6750 yuan / ton.
Industrial chain: the hydrobenzene market continues to weaken, the downstream market demand is poor, the port inventory in East China continues to rise, the pure benzene market pressure in East China remains, the basic hydrobenzene market is mainly under pressure, the tender price of crude benzene is slightly reduced, and the cost pressure of hydrogenated benzene Enterprises remains unchanged; the overall inventory of downstream resin industry is high, and the downstream demand and high cost lead to the suspension of inspection of some enterprises, The market as a whole started on the low side, the industry’s negative factors.
3、 Future forecast
According to the analysts of maleic anhydride products of the business agency, the current spot supply in the market continues to be tight, and there is no obvious increase in a short period of time. The downstream market demand is just needed, and the export order volume is fair. It is expected to maintain a strong operation in the short term.
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