I. price trend

According to the data monitoring of the business agency, as of Friday (November 15) of this week, the average market price of butanone was around 8966 yuan / ton, up 150 yuan / ton, or 1.70% compared with Monday (November 11).

II. Market analysis

Product: this week, the domestic butanone market overall maintained stability and slightly pushed up. From the beginning of this week (November 11), the rising situation began to show. With the overall trend of the market, the confidence of the on-site operators increased. At present, the factory has insufficient inventory, the quotation has been raised, the spot resources are still limited, and the market has kept pace with the increase, mainly receiving pre-sale orders. The longest pre-sale reached the beginning of December. At present, by the end of this week On November 15, the overall operation of the market returned to stability, and the purchasing atmosphere fell. The butanone market in Jiangsu Province operated steadily. The reference price of the market was 8800-9000 yuan / ton in spot exchange; the butanone market in Ningbo operated steadily, and the price of the main factories in the market was heard to be 8800-9000 yuan / ton in spot exchange; the butanone market in South China operated steadily, and the reference price of the market was around 9100-9400 yuan / ton The butanone market in East China is running smoothly, with a reference price of 9100 yuan / ton; the butanone market in North China is running smoothly, with a reference price of 9000 yuan / ton; the butanone plant of Shandong Dongming Petrochemical Group (Lishu chemical) operates at a low load, with a good sales situation in the near future, with a large number of pre-sale orders, mainly order delivery at present, and the current factory price is around 9000 yuan / ton.

Industry chain: this week, the mainstream transaction price of civil gas market is 3650-3700 yuan / ton. Today, the transaction is relatively smooth, and it is expected that the pressure of stability is not great in the later stage; the mainstream transaction price of carbon 4 after ether is 4150-4200 yuan / ton, the downstream alkylation transaction after ether is relatively light, and the raw material or stability is relatively weak.

III. future forecast

According to the analysis of the data division of the business association, it is expected that the high level of domestic butanone market will continue in the short term under the condition of low load operation of butanone plant and insufficient inventory.