According to the data monitoring of business news agency, the trichloromethane market in Shandong has soared again since April, with the price at 3750 yuan / ton at the beginning of the month and 4050 yuan / ton at the end of the month, an overall increase of 8.00% since April.

Since April, the overall load of methane chloride plant in Shandong has not changed much, the pressure of supply side is not big, and it still has support for trichloromethane. According to the business news agency, Jinling Dongying unit has finished full load operation after maintenance, Dongyue methane chloride unit was shut down for maintenance on April 8, Jinmao methane chloride unit was shut down, and about 90% of the units were started in Luxi.

Secondly, the price of raw material liquid chlorine is lower, the price of methanol fluctuates in a narrow range, and the cost side is bad. Since April, the price of liquid chlorine has dropped sharply, the price of methanol has fluctuated in a narrow range, and the cost side is obviously bad. According to the business news agency, the mainstream ex factory price of liquid chlorine for tank cars in Shandong Province dropped from about 2100 yuan / ton at the end of March to about 1700 yuan / ton on April 16; the price of methanol was 2377 yuan / ton at the beginning of April and 2390 yuan / ton as of April 16, with the highest price of 2395 yuan / ton and the lowest price of 2367 yuan / ton in half a month. The overall price fluctuated in a narrow range.

Finally, in April, there were still sufficient orders for downstream refrigerants, with steady start-up and rigid support for chloroform demand.

Business community methane chloride data analysts believe that although the current raw material prices fall, the cost is obviously bad, but the inventory pressure of trichloromethane production enterprises in Shandong is not big, and the downstream refrigerant still has just need to support, it is expected that the price of trichloromethane will remain high and strong in the future.