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[Industry Focus]：Plasticizer market into a long-short game, the overall downturn difficult to vibration!

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April 10, 2023, plasticizer plate price rise and fall on the list of 2 commodities, 6 commodities fell, 1 commodity rose or fell to 0. The main commodities that rose were: OX(1.16 per cent), n-butanol (industrial grade)(0.43 per cent), while the main commodities that fell were: isooctanol (-2.12 per cent), DBP(-1.55 per cent) and DOP(-0.91 per cent).

April plasticizer products overall operation weak

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as of April 10, DOP price of 9950 yuan/ton, compared with April 1 DOP price of 10041.67 yuan/ton, down 0.91. Plasticizer manufacturers are temporarily stable, plasticizer market supply is sufficient, downstream just need to purchase, customer purchasing enthusiasm is general, market trading atmosphere is cold, DOP market operation is weak in April.

raw material products rose and fell

affected by the rise in crude oil, petrochemical raw materials as a whole rose, OX raw materials mixed xylene prices rose. On the support of cost, the price of o-xylene rose slightly by 100 yuan/ton in April, up 1.16 percent.

As of April 10, the quotation for phthalic anhydride was 8625 yuan/ton, the same as April 1. Affected by the rise in crude oil prices, the price of o-xylene has risen, the cost has risen, and the profits of phthalic anhydride companies have fallen. The phthalic anhydride market was deadlocked in April, and the driving force for phthalic anhydride to rise in the future still exists.

as of April 10, the price of n-butanol was 7766.67 yuan/ton, up 7733.33 or 0.43 percent from April 1. In April, the maintenance of n-butanol enterprises increased and the supply of n-butanol decreased. With the rise of temperature, the downstream demand is expected to rise, the price of n-butanol fluctuates, and the price of n-butanol in the future is more powerful.

as of April 10, the price of isooctanol was 9228.57 yuan/ton, down 2.12 from 9428.57 yuan/ton on April 1. In April, isooctanol enterprises have maintenance plans, isooctanol supply is expected to decline, demand-side plasticizer enterprises to start temporarily stable, after the market isooctanol shock consolidation mainly.

As of April 10, the price of PTA was 6350.91 yuan/ton, a decrease of 0.84 from the price of 6404.55 yuan/ton on April 1. Although PTA had cost support in April, demand was lower than expected, PTA prices rose first and then fell, and the overall PTA market fell slightly.

of weak downstream demand as of April 10, the price of PVC was 6066.67 yuan/ton, down 0.49 from 6096.67 yuan/ton on April 1. PVC spot market is relatively light, futures market performance is poor, volatility is weak. The overall market atmosphere is empty, the market confidence is insufficient, the PVC spot market inquiry atmosphere is weak, the enthusiasm for taking goods is poor, and the PVC price fluctuation is falling.

market outlook Since April
, the cost side and demand side of the plasticizer market have been mixed. Affected by the rise in crude oil prices, the cost side of the favorable support, OX prices rose, in addition, with the increase in corporate maintenance, the price of butanol slightly fluctuated and rose, although the price of isooctanol and PTA slightly fluctuated and fell, but the support of rising raw materials still exists. On the demand side, PVC prices are weak, downstream demand is weak, and plasticizer downstream companies are not enthusiastic about purchasing. Overall, cost support remains, but demand is weak and plasticizer market consolidation is weak.

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