Recent price trend of hydrochloric acid

As can be seen from the figure above, the domestic hydrochloric acid price fell slightly this week, and the average market price fell from 163.33 yuan/ton at the end of last week to 153.33 yuan/ton at the end of this week. A year-on-year drop of 44.58%. On September 12, the hydrochloric acid commodity index was 40.35, which was the same as yesterday, down 70.74% from the highest point 137.89 (October 26, 2021) in the cycle, and up 124.42% from the lowest point 17.98 on September 5, 2012. (Note: Period refers to 2011-09-01 to now)

Insufficient upstream support and weakened downstream procurement

From the manufacturer’s quotation, the domestic hydrochloric acid market price fell slightly this week.

From the perspective of the upstream and downstream industrial chain of hydrochloric acid, the upstream liquid chlorine market was consolidated at a low level, and the cost support was insufficient. The downstream polyaluminum chloride market price fell slightly, from 2095.00 yuan / ton at the end of last week to 2071.25 yuan / ton at the end of this week, a decrease of 1.13%, a year-on-year increase of 17.54% over the same period of last year; The market price of ammonium chloride fell slightly, from 1057.50 yuan / ton at the end of last week to 975.00 yuan / ton at the end of this week, a decrease of 7.80%. On the whole, the upstream support is insufficient and the downstream procurement enthusiasm is weakened.

Future forecast

In the middle of September, the market price of hydrochloric acid fell mainly in a narrow range. The upstream liquid chlorine market has been consolidated at a low level recently, and the cost support is insufficient. The downstream polyaluminum chloride and ammonium chloride market have declined slightly, and the downstream purchasing intention is general. The analysts of the business association believe that hydrochloric acid has declined slightly in recent shocks.