Recently, the overall market supply of Methyl methacrylate in China has
been running severely tight, and the spot supply of domestic Methyl methacrylate
brand sources has become increasingly tight. Some Methyl methacrylate production
enterprises have received orders until late July. What is the reason for the
increasingly tight supply of the domestic Methyl methacrylate market?
First, the operating load of many domestic Methyl methacrylateproduction
enterprises remained low, and the overall supply pressure was relatively
large.
Since July, the overall supply of domestic Methyl methacrylate has remained
tight, mainly due to the continued low operating load of domestic brand Methyl
methacrylate manufacturers. First of all, the Methyl methacrylate plant of
Heilongjiang Rio Tinto Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. has not been fully restored to
normal production. Hangzhou Fuyang Yufeng Chemical Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Sanyi
Technology Co., Ltd. also mainly supply Methyl methacrylate products to core
customers. There are few real orders and spot goods in the market. The current
sales of Methyl methacrylate products of Liaoning Hefa Chemical Co., Ltd. are
mainly pre-sales. At present, the supply of Methyl methacrylate products of the
company is becoming more and more tight, and the foreign trade order situation
is positive. It is reported that Liaoning Hefa's recent export orders for Methyl
methacrylate are relatively good, and only nearly 300 tons of Methyl
methacrylate have been signed in July for exports to the Americas and other
regions. In addition, Formosa Plastics' Methyl methacrylate plant has been shut
down for maintenance since the 20th of last month, and it is expected to return
to normal in the first half of this month. Affected by this, the overall import
volume of Formosa Plastics' methacrylic products is relatively small recently.
Most of other imported brand products are mainly supplied to domestic contract
customers, and the secondary market has not seen a significant amount of
commodities, and the market price has been maintained at a high level, pushing
up the trend.
Second, the domestic market price of acetone cyanohydrin, the main raw
material of Methyl methacrylate, has remained high in July, and the raw material
support of Methyl methacrylate products has become more and more obvious.
In July, the domestic market price of acetone cyanohydrin, the main raw
material of Methyl methacrylate, continued to remain high, especially due to the
recent shutdown of acetone cyanohydrin related plants such as Fushun
Petrochemical, the market price remained high. At present, the domestic market
price of acetone cyanohydrin is still in a trend of rising at a high level,
which is 300 yuan/ton higher than the domestic acetone cyanohydrin market price
in June. The cost pressure of domestic Methyl methacrylate production
enterprises is increasing. Under this influence, the domestic Methyl
methacrylate market price continued to be high
Third, the price of downstream products of Methyl methacrylate showed a
positive upward trend, which supported the increase of the market price of
Methyl methacrylate.
With the overall tight supply of Methyl methacrylate in China, the
atmosphere of downstream terminal real orders continued to climb at a high
level. Recently, many downstream industries of domestic Methyl methacrylate have
also raised their ex-factory prices one after another. For example, the price of
the main downstream products of Methyl methacrylate in China has been maintained
at a high level recently. For example, the market price of methacrylic anhydride
has continued to rise at a high level. In addition, the domestic relevant
downstream additives and the market price of hydroxyethyl methacrylate have
continued to rise at a high level. In addition, the prices of some imported
sources showed a positive trend of pushing up, and the market sentiment for real
orders was positive.
As the overall supply of Methyl methacrylate products in China continues to
be tight, and the market price of downstream terminal industries has risen,
foreign supplies have been delayed due to many factors such as equipment
problems. It is expected that the domestic Methyl methacrylate market may
continue to run at a high level in July, and it is not ruled out that the prices
of some brands may rise.
2022-09-23
Shanghai, China