Paint & Coating News

As the festival is approaching, the domestic bisphenol A market has turned thin, and the market trading atmosphere is obviously insufficient.

• bisphenol A
• chemical trade

After the New Year's day holiday, the wait-and-see market demand side of the industry has always been flat, coupled with the smooth production of new installations in East China

• propylene oxide

After more than half a month of overall upward trend, the current cyclic chlorine is weak and consolidating, and bisphenol A fluctuates at a high level.

• liquid resin
• cyclic chlorine

Domestic propylene glycol imports in 2021 will be about 70,000 tons, down 19% year-on-year.

• Propylene Glycol
• Export
• Import

In terms of the market, this week the domestic dichloromethane market all down, dichloromethane prices in recent years at the same period of the high

• Dichloromethane

After more than a month of continuous decline, the price of yellow phosphorus finally hit the bottom.

• chemical raw material
• price slash

In December 2021, China's butadiene imports were 24,700 tons, down 23.89% from the previous month and basically stable compared to December 2020.

• Butadiene
• Import
• Export

The domestic bisphenol A market is weak and volatile. The supply of domestic bisphenol A market is tight, supporting the spot market.

• bisphenol A
• PC

From 2015 to 2021, China's bisphenol A production continued to grow and the development was relatively stable. In 2021, China's bisphenol A production is expected to reach about 1.7 million tons

• bisphenol A
• Epoxy Resin
• PC

International Crude Oil Prices Continue to Rise in the new year 2022. On January 5, 2022, international crude oil prices rose. The U.S. WTI crude oil futures main contract settled at $77.85 per barrel, up $0.86.

• crude oil
• market trends

Q1: the price rises and falls are more obvious. The low point appeared in January, and the main factor of price change was that the price returned to the high of 8150.0 CNY/ton at the end of 2020

• Propylene

In 2021, pure benzene rose strongly. In addition to repairing the low price caused by the sanitary incident in 2020, the concentrated production of new downstream demand also contributed to the price increase.

• Benzene

From 2017 to 2021, China's acrylonitrile production showed an overall growth trend, while the operating rate declined, with a compound growth rate of 8.4% in the past five years.

• Acrylonitrile

Before and after the New Year's Day holiday, various factors supported the market's mentality, and the domestic PC market rose differently after the holiday.

• bisphenol A

In 2021, the overall market price of cyclohexanone showed a shock rise. There were two straight-line rallies this year

• Cyclohexanone

At the beginning of January, Trinseo announced that from January 1st, it will increase the polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC)

• Trinseo
• PC
• BPA

In recent five years, the compound annual growth rate of octanol production is 7.95%. The octanol production in 2017 increased by 12.88% compared with that in 2016.

• Octanol

Yesterday, the Japanese number quoted the market's big coffee's prediction of the trend of dual raw materials all in their words.

• BPA
• Epoxy Resin

Since the settlement of acrylonitrile factory in late December, the spot market price of acrylonitrile has fallen from 15000 CNY/ton to the current 12000 CNY/ton below

• Acrylonitrile

In the future, many new caprolactam units will be put into operation, and the industry's start-up rate will continue to be low and costs will remain high, making it difficult to reconcile the contradictions between supply and demand.

• Petrochemical
• Caprolactam
• market trends