A brief description of the butanol market at the end of November

It is understood that at the end of November 2012, the atmosphere of the Asian butanol market was light and prices continued to decline. According to analysis, the butanol market will continue its downward trend in the short term.

Affected by the drop in related raw materials, the market was in a poor state of mind. In addition, the cash supply was loose, the transaction atmosphere was negative, traders shipped slowly, and prices fell slightly. At present, China's n-butanol CIF is at 1429-1431 U.S. dollars per ton, down by 10 U.S. dollars per ton from a week ago; but butanol in Southeast Asia is at 1414-1616 U.S. dollars per ton, down by 2 U.S. dollars per ton from a week ago; The European butanol market has not stopped falling. Northwest Europe's n-butanol FOB price was 1305-1310 USD/ton, down by US$7.5/ton from the previous week; the US n-butanol market continued to consolidate, and US Gulf n-butanol went offshore. The price was at 1535-1545 US dollars / ton, unchanged from a week ago.

The domestic butyl octanol plant operates smoothly and the price is sideways. Jihua normal butanol plant normal production, factory shipments are normal, inventory levels are not high, the mainstream factory price in 10700-10900 yuan / ton, unchanged from a week ago. Qilu butanol plant starts at full capacity, the factory sales are completed well, inventory is low, the mainstream quoted price is 10900-11000 yuan/ton, which is the same level as a week ago; Daqing petrochemical butyl octanol plant is running at full capacity, the main product is for contract users, and the factory price In 10700-10900 yuan / ton, unchanged from a week ago; Shandong Lihua Yi butanol plant full production, factory shipments are normal, the factory price steady at 10900-11000 yuan / ton.

This week, the market of butanol in east China has weaker confidence and prices continue to fall. During the week, there was sufficient supply in the market and there was no active transaction. Traders did not ship smoothly, and prices continued to decline. At present, the mainstream offer is 11100-11150 yuan/ton, and the actual transaction is 11050-11100 yuan/ton.

This week, the market sentiment of n-butanol in South China was quiet and the price was confined within a narrow range. The market demand in the week was dull, and the number of downstream buyers was not large. The inventory of traders was normal and the prices fluctuate slightly. The market's mainstream price was 11500-11600 yuan/ton, and the actual negotiation was 11400-11500 yuan/ton.

This week, the north butanol market was weak and the price fell slightly. The market trend was weak, downstream buyers entered the market negatively, trading volumes were low, traders shipped slowly, the mainstream offer was 11100-11200 yuan/ton, and the actual transaction was 11,000-11100 yuan/ton.

A brief review of the market. The domestic butanol market has slowly shifted its focus. Downstream butyl ester market continued to decline, the amount of raw material purchases decreased accordingly, and market demand gradually decreased. At present, the inventory pressure of the holders of goods is showing, the supply of low-end goods has increased, the market mentality has been relatively depressed, and the short-term butanol market has continued its downward trend.