In August, the dichloromethane market continued to rise slightly. According to the bulk data monitoring of business society, the price of dichloromethane was 3926 yuan / ton at the beginning of the month and 4192 yuan / ton at the end of the month. As a whole, the end of the month increased by 6.23% compared with the beginning of the month.

On the one hand, there is no pressure on the domestic dichloromethane supply side. The start-up of domestic methane chloride units changed in August. On the whole, the start-up of methane chloride units was relatively high in early August, and the unit load decreased in the second half of August.

On the other hand, the overall demand for dichloromethane is stable. In August, the film, medicine and other industries in the downstream of dichloromethane started normally, just needed support for the formation of dichloromethane, and the downstream of cleaning agents and diluents were also purchased on demand.

The cost side is slightly weak. The price of raw liquid chlorine is low and the cost side is empty. The price of methanol increased slightly, and the intensity of trichloromethane was not large. According to the business agency, as of the end of August, the mainstream ex factory price of liquid chlorine for tank cars in Shandong was around 800 yuan / ton; Methanol price decreased from 2585 yuan / ton at the beginning of the month to 2615 yuan / ton at the end of the month, with an overall increase of 1.16%.

Analysts of methane chloride data of business society believe that, on the one hand, the load of domestic methane chloride units has decreased, the enterprise inventory is small, and the downstream just need support is relatively stable. It is expected that the price of dichloromethane will continue to be strong in the later stage.