According to the monitoring data of business agency, as of July 25, 2022, the average ex factory price of butanone in the domestic market was 8266 yuan / ton. Compared with July 1 (the ex factory price of butanone was 10100 yuan / ton), the average price was reduced by 1834 yuan / ton, a decrease of 18.15%. Compared with June 25 (the ex factory price of butanone was 10766 yuan / ton), the average price was basically the same as 2500 yuan / ton.

It can be seen from the data monitoring chart of business agency that since July, the domestic butanone market has operated downward as a whole. At the beginning of July, the domestic butanone market had a short-term strong operation, but it was trapped by the downstream demand side. The butanone market has been declining since the middle and early July, the supply and demand transmission has been blocked, the butanone market lacks strong support, and the market price continues to move closer to the low end. As of July 25, the low-end price of the domestic butanone market was around 8200 yuan / ton, with a decrease of more than 18% compared with the beginning of the month. At present, the wait-and-see atmosphere in the butanone floor is still trading, and the downstream wait-and-see mood still exists.

On the upstream side, since July (7.1-7.24), the liquefied gas market in Shandong Province has been running down as a whole. According to the monitoring data of the business agency, the reference price of liquefied gas was 5744 yuan / ton on July 22, a decrease of 2.48% compared with July 1 (5890 yuan / ton).

Future analysis of butanone

At present, the butanone field is weak in consolidation and operation, and the support of the raw material end is general. The butanone datagrapher of business society believes that in the short term, the domestic butanone market is mainly adjusted and operated in a narrow range, and more attention should be paid to the basic changes in the supply and demand side of butanone.