This week, the price of pure benzene fell 20$/t, aniline price fell 200$/t, cyclohexylamine price fell 200$/t, MIBK price rose 100$/t, acetone price fell 60$/t, other additives raw materials prices basically stable.
The accelerator market continues to decline. Affected by the sharp decline in costs, the overall accelerator market prices have fallen, and profit margins have been compressed to a lower level. At present, the downstream tire enterprises have rebounded from Labor Day, but have not yet recovered to the level of last month, the overall domestic demand is weak, and the price of accelerant is difficult to improve. Accelerators are expected to continue to maintain weak operation and are more sensitive to raw material cost trends.
The raw material MIBK of the antioxidant 6PPD showed signs of bottoming out, but it did not reverse the trend of decline in the price of the antioxidant; Antioxidant TMQ prices continue to follow the trend of raw materials, slightly fine-tuning this week. At present, the downstream still maintains on-demand procurement, with the weather gradually turning hot, and gradually enter the off-season of production in previous years; It is expected that antioxidant prices will continue to be weak in the context of weak demand guidance. Raw material MIBK prices continue to rise, may slow down the antioxidant 6PPD decline rate.
The supply of insoluble sulfur remained adequate and the price fell slightly; Zinc oxide prices rose slightly, stearic acid, silane coupling agent and anti-scorching agent prices remained weak and stable.