Since entering April, the salt chemical market has shown a trend of polarization, with two alkali products as the representative, and the caustic soda market has risen. According to statistics from the business community, the average price of 32% ion-exchange membrane caustic soda at the beginning of the month was 801.5 yuan/ton, and the end of the month was mainstream. The average price was 832 yuan / ton, the price increase was 3.81%, an increase of 12.43%. However, the soda ash market was in a sluggish state. Although the latter manufacturers had a certain positive impact on the soda ash market through continuous overhaul, there was a slight upward trend, but it was still 18.27% lower than the same period of last year. It is still difficult to change the current sluggish status.
From the above data, we can see the difference between the two bases, but this is not an occasional, but it has certain inevitability. The downstream of caustic soda is mainly aluminum oxide, printing and dyeing, papermaking and other industries. As the season approaches, these industries begin to gradually pick up, among which the alumina market is relatively clear, and the recovery is faster, especially after Indonesia has imposed tax on export of bauxite. The domestic alumina market, which is mainly imported, plays a strong supporting role in the short term, which makes the alumina industry have a certain elastic space for rising prices of caustic soda, and supply and demand are also increasing, while other mainstream products of chlor-alkali enterprises. Also generally in the doldrums, manufacturers are interested in caustic soda prices, to achieve alkaline chlorine. In addition, the sluggish price of liquid chlorine led to the start-up of factory control devices, which reduced the supply of caustic soda to a certain extent. Under the circumstance that downstream demand did not decrease, the market became in short supply, and the price of caustic soda rose.
The downstream consumption of soda ash mainly depends on the glass industry. In the early stage of the downturn in the real estate industry, the glass market was subject to a chain reaction and the prices were not optimistic. However, as a big country of soda ash, China’s production capacity and production are serious excesses, although manufacturers will pass the limited production price protection. , Device maintenance and other means to maintain the market, but in the case of poor downstream demand, with little success, and can not change the current situation.
The salt chemical market trend in April was not ideal. Although the caustic soda industry was thriving, other mainstream products were in a downward trend. Looking at the current market, Li Wei, an analyst at the Business Community Chemicals Branch, believes that the salt chemical market wants to really pick up the trend. early.
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