According to the data monitoring of business news agency, since March, the trichloromethane market in Shandong Province has gone up and down, with a price of 3030 yuan / ton at the beginning of the month, a peak of 4310 yuan / ton at the middle of the month, and then dropped to 3750 yuan / ton at the end of the month, with an overall amplitude of 42.24% within the month and an increase of 23.76% at the end of the month compared with the beginning of the month.

First of all, affected by the enterprise burden reduction and low inventory, the spot supply of chloroform in Shandong was tight in March. According to the business news agency, Jinling Dongying methane chloride plant was shut down in mid March, Jinmao methane chloride plant was shut down, Dongyue’s start-up load was not high, and about 90% of Luxi’s start-up was near, so the market supply was slightly tight. In the first ten days of the middle month, the downstream refrigerant manufacturers increased their stock, the trichloromethane shipment was smooth, and the price went up all the way. In the second ten days of the middle month, as the price of methane chloride was on the high side, the downstream was in conflict with the high price of trichloromethane, the transaction was weak, and the ex factory price of methane chloride manufacturers was moderately reduced. According to the monitoring of the business agency, as of March 31, the ex factory price of trichloromethane in Jinling, Shandong Province was about 3750 yuan / ton. The ex factory price of trichloromethane bulk water in Luxi Chemical Industry is 3500 yuan / ton.

Secondly, the price of raw materials is high and the cost is relatively strong. In March, the price of liquid chlorine rose sharply, while the price of methanol remained high, with strong cost support. According to the business news agency, the mainstream ex factory price of liquid chlorine for tank cars in Shandong Province increased from 1600 yuan / ton at the beginning of March to 2100 yuan / ton at the end of March; the price of methanol increased from 2295 yuan / ton at the beginning of March to 2377 yuan / ton at the end of March, with a slight increase of 3.59%.

Finally, at the beginning of March, there were sufficient orders for downstream refrigerants, the merchants were active in preparing goods, the overall shipment was smooth, and the start-up of manufacturers was relatively high; in the middle and late ten days, the demand for downstream refrigerants declined, the peak of foreign trade orders ended, and the domestic trade orders continued to be weak and stable.

According to the methane chloride data of business news agency, the inventory pressure of trichloromethane production enterprises in Shandong is not big, the raw material price rises sharply, and the cost support is relatively strong. Although the demand side drops slightly in the short term, the downstream refrigerants still need to be supported in the later period as the weather gets warmer. It is predicted that the price of trichloromethane will rise steadily in April.