1、 Price trend:

According to the monitoring data of the business agency, the caustic soda is mainly in stable operation this week. The average market price in Shandong from the beginning of the week to the end of the week is 602.5 yuan / ton, with stable price. On March 5, the caustic soda commodity index was 86.69, unchanged from yesterday, down 58.09% from 206.87 (2017-11-14), the highest point in the cycle, and up 18.32% from 73.27, the lowest point on March 29, 2015. (Note: cycle refers to 2011-09-01 to now)

2、 Market analysis

Product: the price of caustic soda is stable this week. The price of 32% ion-exchange membrane caustic soda market in Shandong Province is stable, with a quotation of about 580-650 yuan / ton. The caustic soda enterprises have devices to stop, the market supply is reduced, and the trading atmosphere is flat. It is expected that the trend of narrow consolidation will run in the short term. The caustic soda market in Jiangsu Province is stable for the time being, with the main stream of 32% of the caustic soda market of 630-740 yuan / ton. The market is relatively stable with low load operation and weak trading. The price of caustic soda in Inner Mongolia is stable. The local mainstream price of 32% caustic soda is 1300-1400 yuan / ton (converted into 100 yuan). The downstream transaction is general, the market atmosphere is light, and the enterprise is mainly flexible in shipment.

Industrial chain: the overall domestic caustic soda market has not changed much, and the start-up of printing and dyeing, chemical fiber, chemical industry and other industries downstream of caustic soda is still flat, with general changes in market demand. Quotation of caustic soda Market: the price of caustic soda in Shandong Province is weak, 99% of the main factory price of caustic soda is about 2300-2600 yuan / ton. At present, the downstream demand is low, the market transaction is general, and it is expected that more weak operation will prevail in the later stage. About 2500-2600 yuan / ton in Jiangsu.

Industry: according to the price monitoring of the business agency, in the eighth week of 2020 (2.24-2.28), there are 1 rising commodity, 2 falling commodity and 2 rising and falling commodity in the price list of chlor alkali industry. The main commodities that rose were light soda ash (0.21%); the main commodities that fell were PVC (- 3.80%) and calcium carbide (- 0.58%). This week’s average was – 0.83%.

According to the analysts of business cooperatives, the overall demand of domestic caustic soda market continues to be weak, the shipment of chlor alkali enterprises is flat, and the transportation is better than before, but at present, there is a wait-and-see mentality, the downstream demand is average, the market transaction is flat, and it is expected that the domestic caustic soda market will maintain the consolidation operation.