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China methanol industry run rates in 2016-2019

Shandong (JLC), February 27, 2019--According to maintenance activities in petrochemical producers, run rate in methanol industry always slips from the second quarter to the third quarter and alternative period between third and fourth quarter.

02-27-2019 08:33:23

Analysis of styrene imports in the first half year of 2016 and 2017

Introduction: according to the General Administration of the Customs, China imported 1.4662 million mt styrene in the first half of 2017, down by 351,700 mt or 19.35% YoY.

08-04-2017 13:47:24

China methanol development trend in 2016-2017 (part two)

According data from JLC, capacity of affiliated methanol units of some CTO projects was great among those new and expanded methanol units, which operated in 2016.

02-28-2017 17:23:14

China methanol development trend in 2016-2017 (part one)

In 2016, about 625,000 mt/yr methanol capacity in China was out of operation and 3 million mt/yr methanol capacity was in long-term outage, which reflected that excessive and backward capacity was being eliminated.

02-23-2017 17:18:29

2016 China OX import analysis

According to data from General Administration of Customs, the total import volume of PX in 2016 was 290,200 mt, down 16.89% YoY. According to the import volumes in 2014-2016

02-17-2017 18:08:55

China methanol import volume in 2016 grew by 60% YoY

Methanol price in 2016 rebounded from low level. The prices in most regions growing from CNY1,000/mt, even up by 100% in particular areas.

01-23-2017 13:53:16

Run rate of China methanol industry in 2016

Data from JLC showed that run rate of China methanol industry averaged 59.3% in 2016, up 1.2 percentage points from 2015 and 0.2 percentage point lower than that in 2014.

01-09-2017 14:34:11

PTA market events in 2016

1. PET companies lowered the run rate in the Spring Festival holiday in 2016 Crude oil price declined largely at the beginning of 2016 as the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran ruined the traders’ expectation on freezing production.

12-29-2016 16:18:30

China urea export change analysis in 2016

China urea export volume declined sharply in 2016 and only 8.12 million mt of urea were exported in January-November period, down by 31.9% YoY. It was predicted that the total exports in 2016 would be less than 9 million mt. What changes have taken place in urea exports in 2016?

12-28-2016 17:25:28

China MTO/P capacity breaks 10 million mt/yr in 2016

Since the first 500,000 mt/yr MTP project of Shenhua Ningxia Coal operated in October 2010, CTO industry has been developing stably in China.

12-27-2016 15:31:47

Profit of PTA industry in 2016

PTA profit declined largely along with the rising of PTA capacity. PTA companies run at loss in most of the time in 2016. The balance between supply and demand kept moderate in PTA market after Xianglu Petrochemical and Yuandong Petrochemical shut down.

12-27-2016 14:24:19

China export tariff policy comparison of chemical fertilizer in 2016-2017

According to the notice released by the Ministry of Finance of the Peoples’ Republic of China on December 23rd, the tariff policy in 2017 was made, in which export tariff of most chemical fertilizer were all zero.

12-27-2016 13:50:42

Top 10 events of China methanol market in 2016

Although China methanol capacity growth in 2015 slowed down generally, newly-added methanol capacity in 2016 reads 7.25 million mt (including capacity of matched units of olefin), up by 9.5% YoY.

12-23-2016 17:09:47

ACN price increased largely in the end of 2016

After Silver October, acrylonitrile (ACN) had a weak market trend, and it became flat from November. For the moment, the market trend began to see an upturn after some manufacturers raised their EXW prices. What’s ACN market trend in the future?

12-22-2016 16:09:23

Styrene inventories in East China in 2015-2016

Introduction: Compare styrene inventory in 2015 with that in 2016, there are obvious difference in the volume and the trend between the two years.

12-22-2016 10:35:26

PX market characteristics & events in 2016

There were several new changes in PX industry in 2016. PX price turned to soar in the end of the year after fluctuating for over a half year.

12-20-2016 17:52:34

Analysis on China styrene market trend in 2016

Introduction: In 2016, China had supply-side structural reform, UK left EU, Mr. Trump won the US election, and OPEC finally reached an agreement on crude oil freezing production. Then, what market trend did styrene have in 2016?

12-16-2016 17:59:43

Propylene price hit a new high in 2016

OPEC’s agreement on freezing production drove up crude oil price continuously from last week. Furthermore, it is predicted that crude oil output of non-OPEC oil-producing countries might decrease by 600,000bbl/day.

12-12-2016 15:53:13

Methanol price soars at the end of 2016

Methanol price grew significantly and hit high record for the week ending December 9th. In short three working days, methanol price in Northwest China read CNY2,650/mt at the highest. And methanol price in East China ports read CNY3,020/mt.

12-12-2016 15:29:39

China Potassium Sulfate Export by Destination in October 2016

11-30-2016 18:15:51

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