1、 Price trend

According to the data of the business club’s bulk list, the price of aniline in Nanjing rose slightly this week. The price of aniline in Nanjing was 6850 yuan / ton, 0.74% higher than last Friday.

2、 Analysis and comment

Raw materials: this week’s price of pure benzene is 5200-5800 yuan / ton, down 0.7% from last week. This week, pure benzene port inventory accumulated. The process of downstream resumption is slow. In addition, styrene plant reduces production and raw materials are released. At present, pure benzene is in the situation of two weak supply and demand, and is still affected by transportation.

This week, nitric acid operated stably, and the production price in East China was 1566.67 yuan / ton.

Product: the Jinling aniline plant was shut down on Wednesday, the market supply decreased, and the price slightly increased. However, at present, the downstream operating rate is still low and the procurement is light, limiting the increase of aniline.

3、 Future expectation

Raw materials: some pure benzene enterprises operate under reduced load, and hydrogenated benzene plants also have a decrease. At present, there is not much negative factor. In the later stage, attention should be paid to the recovery of transportation and the resumption of downstream enterprises.

Pay attention to the downstream operation rate and transportation issues in the later stage, and it is expected that aniline will run stably and strongly next week.