Daily Review of BPA: There seems to be a soft image

[China Epoxy Network (China Epoxy Industry Online) www.
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The trading day (February 20) ) Although the mainstream transaction price in the East China region of the mainstream market is still maintaining the 7,500 yuan/ton platform, slightly lower prices often appear.
According to the analysis of market experts from China Epoxy Industry Association (www.
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cn), the market was operating more cautiously that day.
Although the mainstream price is still in place, it is difficult to hide the slight weakening.
At present, there are quite a lot of news about the slightly lower price.
Considering the arrival of goods at ports, the increase of manufacturers’ output, and the downstream market receiving goods, but the fluctuation space should be limited, and sorting is still the theme; since the Spring Festival, the chemical market has rebounded, the bisphenol A market has entrusted raw materials and external disks, and the spot sales are limited, and the market continues to pull Market merchants have a strong reluctance to sell, but due to the general start of downstream operations and limited demand-although the market has picked up, they are all driven by raw materials.
The actual demand is still limited and the market is gradually empty; the current factory load is not high.
Either stocking up or self-supporting, the market spot supply is limited.
As imported goods arrive in Hong Kong one after another, and the cost level is relatively low, the market is beginning to bear certain pressure; domestic manufacturers' installations are generally operating, and Bayer Shanghai's 2 sets of installations have low start-ups.
Sinopec 70% of the Mitsui plant was started, 80% of the Wuxi resin plant was started, and the Zhongxin Chemical Plant was operating at low load, mainly for self-use or contract supply.
External sales are relatively limited and there is no clear external quotation, which has little impact on the market.

    On the trading day (February 20), the domestic bisphenol A market was soft.
It was mainly organized for the time being, and the atmosphere was relatively ordinary.
The merchants still had a certain reluctance to sell.
Related products rose in the early stage and market participants cautiously wait and see.
Plain, raw materials and external disks are supported, and the later arrivals and low costs are relatively low.
Traders are cautious and mostly wait-and-see; the factories continue to control the start and the output is limited, and the market players still wait and see rather than sell.
Follow-up resources continue to add in, downstream buyers There is no obvious sign of stocking when you use it.
The downstream is mainly waiting and watching, picking goods cautiously, the recovery of work load is slow, the transaction of own shipments is limited, and the demand for bisphenol A is weak.
The raw material market is still good.
Among them, the price of phenol is high and stable, the supply of Yanshan Petrochemical is tight, the surrounding areas of Shandong, Henan, and Yanshan are high, and the East China is stable at 5,500 yuan/ton; the acetone market has tight resources and the price has increased slightly, and the East China is 5100~ About 5200 yuan/ton; in addition, the pure benzene market rose slightly, and the main travel suppliers raised 200 yuan to 3700-3800 yuan/ton, and the raw material support for bisphenol A seemed acceptable.
According to market experts from China Epoxy Epoxy Industry Association (www.
epoxy-e.
cn), among them: the mainstream quotation in East China is 7700-7800 yuan/ton, the mainstream transaction price is 7500 yuan/ton, some are slightly lower; the mainstream quotation in Huangshan area 7700～7900 yuan/ton, mainstream transaction price is 7500～7600 yuan/ton, mainly low-end; mainstream quotation in North China is 7700-7900 yuan/ton, mainstream transaction price is 7500-7600 yuan/ton, mainly low-end; South China The mainstream price is 8200-8300 yuan/ton, and the mainstream transaction price is 8000 yuan/ton, which is slightly lower.

    Domestic bisphenol A manufacturers have few changes, their operations continue to be low-key, and the quotations are still unknown.
They are mainly self-supporting and supply a small amount of external supply.
The overall production capacity is relatively high and the actual load is low.
Although the production capacity is high, the power of discourse needs to be increased.
The overall low burden and the full closure of prices still reflect the heavy operating pressure, behind which is an oversupply, which is difficult to fundamentally reverse in the short term.
According to market experts from China Epoxy Industry Association (www.
epoxy-e.
cn), on the same day: Bayer Shanghai closed the disk, the pre-ex-factory price was 17,700 yuan/ton.
The products are mainly for self-use, and the overall load is less than 50%, 11+10 The load of the 10,000-ton/year bisphenol A device is not high, and the overall load is 50%.
The first set of 100,000-ton/year polycarbonate device has a lower load, and the second set of 100,000-ton/year polycarbonate device was mechanically completed in October 2008.
/Start-up in December; Sinopec Mitsui’s 120,000-ton/year plant is operating normally, with flexible loads, less product inventory, and main contract users—polycarbonate manufacturers; Wuxi resin is closed, and the initial price is 17,500-18,000 yuan/ton.
, The products are for self-use and basically no export-the main supply is the Xitong epoxy resin plant (overall production capacity exceeds 100,000 tons/year), and the 16,000 tons/year bisphenol A plant will stop and restart on April 17 is no longer possible, 2.
5 The 10,000-ton/year bisphenol A plant is operating normally, and the catalyst replacement is planned.
In March, the 90,000-ton/year bisphenol A plant in Nantong is scheduled to be put into operation in the second quarter; Zhongxin Chemical will be closed, and the initial ex-factory price is 8,000 yuan/ton, 25,000 tons/year The bisphenol A plant is operating at low load, and the main supply is Suicheng epoxy resin plant (overall production capacity is more than 50,000 tons/year), and there is not much export.

(Our reporter Huan Yang)

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