Daily Review of Bisphenol A: Hovering in a Narrow Range

[China Epoxy Network (China Epoxy Industry Online) www.
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cn] News on March 16, 2009: The domestic bisphenol A market has been narrowed and maintained.
On the last trading day (March 13), the mainstream transaction prices in the East China region of the mainstream market will temporarily retain the 7,200-7300 yuan/ton range, but the center of gravity has increased.
According to analysis by market experts from the China Epoxy Industry Association (www.
epoxy-e.
cn), the market was mainly consolidating within a narrow range on that day, with a strong wait-and-see atmosphere and light transactions.
Sinopec Mitsui plans to temporarily stop and other manufacturers continue to control the start of construction.
The market continues to be strong at 7300-7600 yuan/ton, and actual negotiations tend to be 7300 yuan/ton.
Low-priced resources are hard to find and market transactions are limited.
Phenol in the raw material market lacks changes, and the previous price continues to fall.
The mainstream merchants are under increasing cost pressure and have certain price stabilization requirements.
At present, the downstream consumer demand is not good, the intermediate link goods still need to be consumed, the market is in a downturn, waiting for strong positive factors, East China The negotiated price in the region is 5,300 yuan/ton; the low-end price of acetone is gradually decreasing, and the upward trend continues.
The negotiated price in East China is 5100-5150 yuan/ton, which is still close to the price of phenol.
Changes in downstream epoxy resins are limited, the market for terminal copper clad laminates is going well, some liquid manufacturers are starting to work stably, the demand for powder coatings is increasing slowly, and most solid manufacturers have slow transactions; the market continues to consolidate within a narrow range, and there is little room for fluctuations, and the market is basically stable and maintained Focus on sorting, some reports are slightly higher, a small amount of talks are slightly lower, upstream support is slightly stronger, downstream consumption is expected to increase, terminal demand is still general, and the industry’s market outlook is generally confident.

On the last trading day (March 13), the domestic bisphenol A market was operating in a consolidating manner, with a slight increase in the center of gravity.
The overall wait-and-see relationship was relatively strong, and the trading volume was relatively weak.
The manufacturers continued to control the start of construction, the available output was limited, and the follow-up resources continued to be supplemented and the market was ahead.
There has been a slight increase, downstream demand is still recovering, overall transactions are limited, the narrow consolidation pattern continues, and the scale of shipments cannot be supported; the current inquiries are relatively thin, and the transactions are even more lacking.
Although the manufacturers offer strong, the merchants have poor transactions , Only because the downstream wait-and-see is relatively strong and consumer demand is not smooth.
The downstream wait-and-see atmosphere continued, the mentality was slightly calm, the end-user demand was poor, the delivery continued to be more cautious, the recovery of device production was slow, the demand for bisphenol A was obviously limited, the market continued to consolidate, and the market fluctuation space was limited.
In short, downstream operations are generally started, raw materials are not confident, receiving goods are mostly negative, and the wait-and-see is mostly, especially the sluggish terminal demand, coupled with the weak market consolidation of raw materials, phenolic ketones, the market is not strong enough to rotate, and small consolidation operations are the main ones.
It needs to be further clarified.
According to market experts from China Epoxy Industry Association (www.
epoxy-e.
cn), the mainstream quotation in East China is 7,300-7,400 yuan/ton, the mainstream transaction price is 7,200-7300 yuan/ton, mainly high-end; the mainstream in Huangshan The quotation is 7400-7500 yuan/ton, the mainstream transaction price is 7300-7400 yuan/ton; the mainstream quotation in North China is 7400-7500 yuan/ton, the mainstream transaction price is 7300-7400 yuan/ton, high-end; the mainstream quotation in South China is 7800-7900 Yuan/ton, the mainstream transaction price is 7700~7800 Yuan/ton, high-end mainly.

The operating situation of domestic manufacturers is still-half of the offer, half of the offer, the high-end can be at 7600 yuan/ton, but there are many downstream resistances to this; the basic characteristics of the overall operation are still: high production capacity, voice power waiting to be upgraded, installation The overall load is low, the operation continues to be low-key, no more comprehensive closures, the quotation part is clear, self-supporting mainly, and a small amount of external supply.
According to market experts from the China Epoxy Industry Association (www.
epoxy-e.
cn), on the day: Bayer Shanghai’s ex-factory price was 7500-7600 yuan/ton.
The products are mainly for self-use, and the overall load is less than 50%, 11+1 ton/ton.
The annual load of the bisphenol A plant is not high, and the overall load is less than 50%.
The first set of 100,000 tons/year polycarbonate device has a low load, and the second set of 100,000 tons/year polycarbonate device is mechanically completed in October 2008/12 Monthly start-up; Sinopec Mitsui’s ex-factory price is 7300-7400 yuan/ton, and the 120,000-ton/year plant is operating normally.
The supply of raw materials is insufficient in the near future and short-term shutdown is planned.
The product is mainly supplied to contract users-mainly polycarbonate manufacturers; Wuxi resin seals The initial quotation is 17,500~18,000 yuan/ton, and the products are for self-use, basically no export—the main supply is for Xitong epoxy resin plant (overall production capacity exceeds 100,000 tons/year), and 16,000 tons/year bisphenol A plant in April It is impossible to shut down and restart on the 17th.
The 25,000-ton/year bisphenol A plant is operating normally, and the catalyst replacement plan is scheduled for March.
The 90,000-ton/year bisphenol A plant in Nantong will be put into operation until June; Zhongxin Chemical will be closed and the factory will be shipped in the early stage.
The quotation is 8,000 yuan/ton, and the 25,000-ton/year bisphenol A plant is operating normally.
The main supply is the Suicheng epoxy resin plant (the overall production capacity is more than 50,000 tons/year), and the export is not much.

(Our reporter Ye Hui)

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