1、 Price trend

According to the monitoring data of the business community, the price of soda ash this week was largely stable and slightly dynamic. The average market price of light soda ash from the beginning of the week to the weekend was 2640 yuan/ton, down 4.86% compared with the same period last year. On December 21, the commodity index of light soda ash was 135.59, unchanged from yesterday, down 28.30% from the highest point of 189.10 (2021-11-07) in the cycle, and up 114.71% from the lowest point of 63.15 on November 18, 2015. (Note: Period refers to 2011-09-01 to now)

2、 Market analysis

According to the monitoring data of the business community, the overall price of soda ash this week is mainly stable, and the price is large, stable and small. The current mainstream market price of light soda ash in East China is about 2550-2750 yuan/ton. The price of soda ash in North China is temporarily stable, and the current market price of light soda ash is about 2650-2750 yuan/ton. At present, the inventory of soda ash enterprises is about 290000 tons.

Demand: According to the monitoring of the business community, the price of glass was stable and slightly changed this week. The average market price from Monday to the weekend was 17.99 yuan/ton, down 30.08% year on year. In terms of Shahe in North China, the enthusiasm for downstream replenishment is high in the near future, and the overall production and marketing situation is good. The overall production and sales of the market in East China were fair, and the market quotation rose slightly. The overall production and sales in central China are fairly good, and the downstream supplies are replenished on demand, and the market price is relatively stable. The spot market of glass in South China is general, and it is mainly purchased on demand.

According to the price monitoring of the business community, there are 2 kinds of rising commodities, 0 kinds of falling commodities and 3 kinds of falling commodities in the price rise and fall list of chlor alkali industry in the 50th week of 2022 (12.12-12.16). The main commodities that rose were caustic soda (1.08%) and PVC (0.55%); The average rise or fall this week was 0.33%.

Analysts from the business community believe that: according to the survey data of the business community, the overall price of domestic soda ash is largely stable and slightly dynamic. Recently, some soda ash enterprises have maintained low inventory, and the overall trading and investment atmosphere is ordinary, but the downstream of soda ash is still mainly wait-and-see attitude. The game between upstream and downstream supply and demand is comprehensively predicted that the price of soda ash will fluctuate in a narrow range in the later period, depending on the downstream market demand.