I. price trend

According to the price monitoring of the business agency, the comprehensive price of hydrochloric acid in North China fell slightly this week, and the quotation fell from 260.00 yuan / ton in the week to 243.33 yuan / ton in the weekend, down 6.41%, up 170.37% year on year. Overall, the hydrochloric acid market fell slightly this week, with the hydrochloric acid commodity index at 64.03 on December 13.

II. Market analysis

(I) products:

This week’s hydrochloric acid market prices slightly fell, the overall market down. The quotation of Dezhou Shihua hydrochloric acid is 300 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable; the weekend quotation of Wenshui synthetic hydrochloric acid is 200 yuan / ton, which is 30 yuan / ton lower than that at the beginning of the week; the weekend quotation of Jinan Yuanfei hydrochloric acid is 450 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable compared with that at the beginning of the week; the weekend quotation of Dezhou Meihua hydrochloric acid is 80 yuan / ton, which is 20 yuan / ton lower than that at the beginning of the week.

(II) industrial chain:

The upstream liquid chlorine market is generally weak in support of hydrochloric acid, while the downstream dyes, calcium chloride and chloroethane are still mainly purchased according to early demand. Hydrochloric acid market as a whole seems to be declining, and by-product acid is still hitting the market. The pressure of hydrochloric acid delivery is relatively high, and the quality of by-product hydrochloric acid produced by TDI, chloropropene, propylene oxide and methane chloride is relatively good. On the whole, the difficulty of hydrochloric acid delivery is still a big problem.

III. future forecast

After the adjustment in November, the capital return of each plant is in good condition, the equipment maintenance is completed, and the production capacity is increased. Business analysts believe that: upstream liquid chlorine Market in the near future is general, downstream rare earth, fuel demand is weak. Business analysts think hydrochloric acid’s recent status consolidation