Business trends

This week, the domestic flake soda market continued the atmosphere of flexibility and promotion, and the transaction price in some areas was lowered. With the increase in the load of chlor-alkali enterprises in Northwest, Southwest, North China, East China and other regions, the output of caustic soda has increased steadily and the tension between supply and demand has been eased. However, the purchasing capacity of the downstream market is limited, and local shipping pressure is gradually emerging. Among them, due to the slow pace of caustic soda shipments in East China and North China, the pressure on corporate inventories has increased, and some idle caustic soda production capacity has been reopened, which is the main reason for the recent increase in the supply of caustic soda market. Affected by the epidemic in some areas in the southwest, the supply and demand remained stalemate, and prices showed a steady transition. With the increase in the production of flaked soda in the northwest region, the pressure of supply and demand has increased, but the cost of caustic soda is supported, and the downward adjustment of flaked soda is limited. The purchasing performance of the downstream alumina industry was moderate, some alumina enterprises had equipment failures, and the consumption capacity of caustic soda in some areas decreased; although the consumption capacity of the textile, printing and dyeing industries improved, and the purchasing atmosphere was slightly active, the lack of a large number of stockpiling operations provided support for the caustic soda industry. Power is limited. Due to the recent mismatch between supply and demand in the caustic soda industry and the pressure on the sales of the caustic soda market in many places, the market continued its downward trend of stability and volatility. Judging from the transactions in the flaked caustic soda market in various regions, the market price of flaked caustic soda in East China and South China has been reduced by 50-100 yuan/ton, the mainstream price of 99% flaked caustic soda in East China has been adjusted to 4700-4900 yuan/ton, and 99% of flaked caustic soda in South China has been adjusted to 4700-4900 yuan/ton. The mainstream out-of-warehouse price was adjusted to 4850-4900 yuan/ton; the market price of flaked soda in North China was reduced by 100-150 yuan/ton, and the mainstream ex-factory price of 99% flaked caustic soda of local enterprises was adjusted to 4350-4500 yuan/ton; the price of flaked caustic soda in Southwest China remained unchanged. Steady operation, the mainstream out-of-warehouse price of 99% flaked caustic soda of local enterprises is 4700-4800 yuan/ton; the market price of flaked caustic soda in the northwest region narrowly decreased by 50 yuan/ton, and the mainstream out-of-warehouse price of 99% flaked caustic soda of local enterprises is 4100-4300 yuan/ton .