1、 Price trend

According to the price monitoring of the business agency, the comprehensive price of hydrochloric acid in North China fell slightly this week, and the quotation fell from 253.33 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week to 243.33 yuan / ton at the end of the week, down 3.59%, up 137.40% year on year. Overall, hydrochloric acid fell slightly this week, with the January 3 hydrochloric acid commodity index at 64.03.

2、 Market analysis

（1） Products:

This week, the price of hydrochloric acid market manufacturers fell slightly, the overall market is average. Dezhou Shihua hydrochloric acid quotation is 300 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable; Wenshui synthetic hydrochloric acid weekend quotation is 210 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; Jinan Yuanfei hydrochloric acid weekend quotation is 450 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; Dezhou Maihua hydrochloric acid weekend quotation is 70 yuan / ton, which is 30 yuan / ton lower compared with the beginning of the week.

（2） Industrial chain:

The upstream liquid chlorine market is generally weak in support of hydrochloric acid, while the downstream dyes, calcium chloride and chloroethane are still mainly purchased according to early demand. Hydrochloric acid market as a whole seems to be declining, and by-product acid is still hitting the market. The pressure of hydrochloric acid delivery is relatively high, and the quality of by-product hydrochloric acid produced by TDI, chloropropene, propylene oxide and methane chloride is relatively good. On the whole, the difficulty of hydrochloric acid delivery is still a big problem.

3、 Future forecast

After the adjustment in December, the capital return of each plant is in good condition, the equipment maintenance is completed, and the production capacity is increased. Business analysts believe that: upstream liquid chlorine Market in the near future is general, downstream rare earth, fuel demand is weak. Business analysts believe that the recent low consolidation of hydrochloric acid mainly.