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[Industry Focus]：The market of bisphenol A continues to grow slightly, and the market atmosphere of epoxy resin industry chain recovers.

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Bisphenol A

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Data source: CERA/ACMI

Price: Last week, the domestic bisphenol A market continued to grow slightly: as of August 5, the East China bisphenol A reference price was around 12200 yuan/ton, up 400 yuan from the previous week.

the beginning of the week, the raw material phenol ketone market rebounded higher. Although Zhejiang Petrochemical's bisphenol A auction reached 4 rounds, the market participation was average, the auction price did not rise much, and the bisphenol A market was relatively stable. Starting from Wednesday, the market atmosphere has obviously risen. With the planned maintenance of Yanhua Polycarbonate and Sinopec Mitsui two major factories, the price sentiment of manufacturers is getting stronger. On Thursday, Changchun Chemical's offer was raised to 12200 yuan/ton, while Zhejiang Petrochemical's bisphenol A bid rose to 600 yuan/ton in five rounds, driving the market higher.

raw materials: last week, the phenol ketone market rose first and then fell: the latest reference price of acetone was 4700 yuan/ton, and the latest reference price of phenol was 8900 yuan/ton, down 200 yuan from the previous week.

Equipment

: Yanhua Polycarbon 180,000 Ton Equipment is expected to be shut down for one month in the middle of the month, Sinopec Mitsui 120,000 Ton Equipment is expected to be shut down for one month at the end of August, and the current operating rate of industrial equipment is about 70%.

epichlorohydrin

Data source: CERA/ACMI

Price: Last week, the domestic epichlorohydrin market continued to decline: as of August 5, the East China market epichlorohydrin reference price in 10800 yuan/ton, down 500 yuan from the previous week.

the current decline in the epichlorohydrin market is mainly affected by the supply side. After nearly 5 months of downward adjustment, the price of glycerin fell sharply to the price of 6400 yuan/ton, glycerin epichlorohydrin cost pressure greatly reduced, profitable. The load of the glycerol-based cyclo-chlorine plant continues to increase, currently only Hebei Zhuotai and Ningbo Zhenyang (restarting) are in a parking state, other factories are in normal operation, and the load is gradually increasing.

the market supply increased significantly, the downstream epoxy resin industry is still relatively depressed, cyclo-chlorine manufacturers shipments are not good, price volatility fell.

Raw materials: ECH main raw materials prices remained stable during the week: the latest reference price of propylene was 7100 yuan/ton, and the latest reference price of East China 99.5% glycerin was 6450 yuan/ton.

Installation conditions:

Hebei Zhuotai device parking, Ningbo Zhenyang device ready to restart, Hebei Jiaao, Shandong Binhua and other devices negative, the industry's overall operating rate rose to 5-6 percent.

epoxy resin

Data source: CERA/ACMI

price: last week, the liquid epoxy resin market first fell and then rose: as of August 5, East China liquid epoxy resin reference price of 17700 yuan/ton, solid epoxy resin reference price of 16500 yuan/ton, compared with the previous week's change is not much.

the operating rate of

epichlorohydrin plant has further increased, and the increase in market supply has made the cyclocycline market continue to decline. Under the favorable stimulation of the planned maintenance of Yanhua Polycarbonate and Sinopec Mitsui, the bisphenol A market has obvious intention to support the price. On Thursday, Zhejiang Petrochemical's bisphenol A bid price rose by 600 yuan/ton. The market atmosphere rose sharply and the price rose, which also brought certain psychological support to epoxy resin manufacturers. Therefore, after the weak decline in the epoxy resin market, the market rose slightly on Friday, and some liquid resin factories did not report. On the 8th, the solid epoxy resin market also saw a slight rise.

Equipment: Baling Petrochemical Company plans to overhaul one line for one week, other liquid resin factories are basically operating normally, and the operating rate of liquid and solid epoxy resin is about 50%.

Source: Epoxy resin and applications

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