Business trends

 This week, the domestic liquid caustic soda market was mainly stable, and the transaction price basically remained at the previous level. Recently, the output of domestic liquid caustic soda has declined slightly. First, some enterprises have arranged to shut down for maintenance, and the load of liquid caustic soda installations in some areas is at a slightly lower level. The second is the continued high temperature in the southern region, the reduction of industrial electricity consumption in some areas, and the decline in the output of some caustic soda enterprises. The downstream demand is slightly moderate, the alumina plant has insufficient operating load, and the market continues to operate at a low level, there is a certain price reduction operation for liquid caustic soda. The start-up load of the papermaking and printing and dyeing industries is still at a relatively low level, the procurement is mainly based on rigid demand, and the operation of large-scale stockpiling of liquid caustic soda is limited. On the whole, the domestic liquid caustic soda market transactions are still moderate, most companies have a certain amount of inventory, and most of them take a wait-and-see attitude towards the market.