Pesticides "have something to say" after the Spring Festival

After entering 2018, the pace of rising prices of chemical raw materials has not slowed down, and a new round of price increases has recently begun
.
Giants such as BASF, Dow, LANXESS, Wanhua and other giants started to increase their prices in February, with a maximum increase of 20%.
Many manufacturers and channel dealers called out that they could not bear it
.
Many agrochemical giants have begun to increase prices.
BASF will increase the global prices of pigments, dyes and preparations by 15%
.
The new price will be effective from January 29, 2018, or as permitted by the contract
.
BASF issued a notice announcing the increase in the price of TDI.
Starting from February 1, 2018 or other contract permitting dates, BASF will increase the price of all TDI products by an increase of US$0.
10 per pound
.
Dow Chemical will increase the price of VORANOL, VORALUX, SPECFLEX, VORASURF and other products in the U.
S.
market by 0.
07 USD/lb, which is approximately RMB 1,000/ton.
The new price will start on February 1, 2018, or Take effect as permitted by the contract
.
Clariant of Switzerland announced that it will raise the price of all masterbatches and mixed ingredients containing titanium dioxide, carbon black, pigments, dyes and several additives worldwide by 8% from February 1
.
Hexion Chemical announced that it will increase the price of all epoxy resins and bisphenol A in North America
.
The latest price will be implemented from February 1, 2018 or as stipulated in the contract
.
The price adjustment is mainly driven by the rising cost of important raw materials
.
All other sales terms and conditions remain unchanged
.
Wanhua Chemical announced that since February 2018, the list price of pure MDI of Wanhua Chemical Group Co.
, Ltd.
is 30,000 yuan/ton (an increase of 1,000 yuan/ton from the price in January)
.
Many types of pesticide intermediates are severely out of stock last year.
The varieties that were in high demand in the pesticide market last year include phoxim, chlorpyrifos, beta-cypermethrin, cyhalothrin, imidacloprid, chlorothalonil, copper hydroxide, abamectin, and multibacteria Ling, quintozene, alachlor, acetochlor, glyphosate
.
Since the beginning of this year, the trend of tight supply and rising prices has been maintained
.
Currently, herbicide prices are consolidating at a high level
.
Fungicides triazole technical drugs rose slightly.
Directly affected by the Lianyungang explosion, m-dichlorobenzene was in short supply, leading to the continued increase in the price of triazole fungicides.
Difenoconazole technical drugs, propiconazole technical drugs, and tebuconazole technical drugs The supply of medicines is tight; the original medicine manufacturers such as prochloraz and pyrethrum original medicine are affected by the supply of intermediates, and they are hard to find
.
The supply of intermediates in the pesticide market is blocked and the operating rate is low due to the impact of safety and environmental protection, and the prices of various products are high
.
The stock of intermediates in the acaricide technical market is severely out of stock, and the operating rate has not increased significantly, and the whole line is still tight
.