1、 Price trend

According to the bulk data monitoring of the business agency, the trichloromethane market in Shandong fell sharply this week. At the beginning of the week, the price of trichloromethane was around 1900 yuan / ton, and at the end of the week, it fell to about 1600 yuan / ton, down 15.79% in the week.

2、 Cause analysis

Product reason: with the gradual resumption of production, the supply of chloroform in Shandong Province has improved, but the downstream market demand has recovered slowly. In addition, the upstream methanol continues to weaken, the support for chloroform is insufficient, and the price continues to decline. At present, the price in Shandong Province is about 1600 yuan / ton, Jiangxi Liwen about 2300 yuan / ton, and Jiangsu about 2600 yuan / ton.

Industry chain: on the upstream side, the domestic methanol market demand surface is light, the contradiction between supply and demand depends on each other, in addition to the transmission of the new Northwest price decline, the mainland continues to decline, at present, about 1780 yuan / ton; the overall production of liquid chlorine market is relatively stable, and the downstream market demand is flat, at present, about 200-300 yuan / ton. In the downstream, there is no obvious improvement in the demand end of domestic refrigerant market for the time being, and the demand is mainly rigid. At present, about 17500-19000 yuan / ton is needed; in the recovery of pharmaceutical agricultural market and solvent industry, the demand is flat, and the price support for trichloromethane is insufficient.

3、 Future forecast

According to the methane chloride data analyst of business association, at present, the supply of trichloromethane in Shandong Province is gradually recovering, but the downstream market demand has not improved significantly. In addition, the raw material support is insufficient, and it is expected to run in a weak position in a short time.