According to the monitoring data of business agency, from March 25 to April 2, the average market price of cyclohexanone in China rose from 11233 yuan / ton to 11400 yuan / ton, with an increase of 01.48% in the week, 3.95% month on month and 20.95% year-on-year.

The domestic cyclohexanone market rose narrowly this week. The raw material pure benzene was consolidated at a high level, and the cost support was relatively stable. The demand for downstream chemical fiber is still weak. Some cyclohexanone enterprises are not exported, and the supply of goods in the market is slightly reduced. Driven by the atmosphere of crude oil, cyclohexanone has risen in a narrow range. However, due to the restriction of the demand side, high price shipments are blocked, and the transaction price has fallen in a narrow range

Summary of domestic cyclohexanone market as of April 2:

region ., Price

East China ., 11300-11500 yuan / ton cash delivery

South China ., 11500-11600 yuan / ton cash delivery

Shandong region ., 11200-11300 yuan / ton cash delivery

Raw material pure benzene: the price of pure benzene fell, and the spot transaction was 8400-8650 yuan / ton. The decline of crude oil was the main factor driving the price weakness.

Comparison chart of price trend of pure benzene (upstream raw material) and cyclohexanone in business agency:

Downstream caprolactam: Inner Mongolia Qinghua temporarily plans to restart in late April; The load of caprolactam units such as Zhejiang Juhua and Lunan Chemical increased slowly, but the profit of caprolactam was poor, which limited the demand for external recovery of cyclohexanone to a certain extent.

Comparison chart of price trend of cyclohexanone and caprolactam (downstream products) in business society:

Due to weak terminal demand and poor profit of caprolactam, the downstream procurement demand is limited. The cyclohexanone analyst of business agency predicts that the short-term cyclohexanone price is still greatly affected by cost side crude oil and pure benzene.