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China o-xylene prices fall on bearish factors

Shandong (JLC), November 15, 2023--Domestic o-xylene market prices moved downwards undermined by waning demand and collapsed cost.

11-15-2023 14:03:00

China Sep crude xylene imports up by 2.85% MoM

Shandong (JLC), October 31, 2023—China crude xylene imports inched up in September amid firm demand.

10-31-2023 16:56:06

China o-xylene prices on the rise in Q3

Shandong (JLC), October 11, 2023--China’s o-xylene market prices have been on the rise in the third quarter of 2023, fueled by strong cost and tight supply.

10-11-2023 10:15:15

China o-xylene prices retreat on weak demand

Shandong (JLC), November 10, 2022—China’s o-xylene prices continued to decline amid sluggish o-xylene-based PA market. As of November 7, Sinopec reduced its posting price of o-xylene to CNY9,000/mt, d

11-10-2022 17:25:46

China xylene imports up by 26.8% MoM in May

Shandong (JLC), June 27, 2022—China xylene imports rose in May amid higher demand from gasoline and MX units.

06-27-2022 09:13:28

Asian toluene prices fall, price spreads btw xylene and naphtha hit new lows

Shandong (JLC), October 12, 2021--Asian toluene prices fell even though crude futures rose, and price spreads between xylene and naphtha hit new lows during the National Day holiday (October 1-7).

10-12-2021 15:37:44

Chinese producers to supply more toluene and xylene in July

Chinese chemical producers are expected to increase toluene and xylene supply in July as several units come back online after maintenance, while imports of the products will likely decline.

07-08-2020 16:09:27

China-US trade war’s influence on China toluene/xylene market (2)

The arbitrage window between Asia and U.S. was under closure for most of the time. U.S. usually relied on European toluene and xylene imports to supplement domestic demand. Thus, the trade war relaxation won’t exert large influence on the arbitrage operation between China and U.S.

05-22-2018 10:59:52

South China toluene and xylene market forecast for October

Toluene and xylene market in South China stabilized after the holiday. End users’ restocking activities were less than expected, and the sluggish demand weakened market sentiment. On October 10th, toluene and xylene market prices both dipped by CNY30-50/mt, amid the falling prices in East China,

10-16-2017 11:46:24

China toluene and xylene import analysis in August

Toluene and xylene imports took different trends in August 2017. Thereinto, the import volume of toluene still surpassed 50,000 mt, basically unchanging from July and last year. But that for xylene plunged to 4,600 mt, dipping by 75% from July and 75% from last year.

10-16-2017 11:34:17

Will toluene and xylene market in South China go up before the National Day

In mid-September, toluene and xylene market prices in South China declined to CNY5,550-5,600/mt and CNY5,600/mt, respectively. Those in East China kept range-bound and crude oil futures kept uptrend, which had no impact on the market in South China.

09-21-2017 15:19:07

Xylene: why the price increase was far slower than those of alkalate and MTBE?

08-22-2017 08:48:02

Xylene: the price increase can hardly continue amid soft oil market

Xylene: the price increase can hardly continue amid the soft oil market

07-19-2017 17:21:24

Xylene: the market was deadlocked as positive factors faded

05-25-2017 17:41:30

Xylene: when will the market bottom out?

04-01-2017 17:38:32

Xylene: will the market rebound in the coming maintenance season?

03-22-2017 16:10:29

Why did xylene market mount rapidly?

Recently, domestic xylene market shows active as a whole. By closing on the weekend, market quotation of xylene in East China mounted rapidly to CNY5,170-5,190/mt and CNY5,200-5,280/mt (Isomer MX) with a growth rate of 2.89%. According to JYD, there are three reasons for the growth as follow.

06-16-2016 11:24:43

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