1、 Price trend

According to the Commodity Market Analysis System of the Business Society, as of September 8th, the average price of refrigerant R22 was 21500.00 yuan/ton, an increase of 1.90% from the beginning of the month’s price of 21100.00 yuan/ton, and an increase of 19.44% from the same period last year

According to the Commodity Market Analysis System of Business Society, as of September 8th, the average price of refrigerant R134a was 24766.67 yuan/ton, an increase from the beginning of the month price of 25333.33 yuan/ton, and a decrease of 0.65% compared to the same period last year.

2、 Market analysis

Entering September, the prices of upstream raw materials continued to rise. As of September 8th, the prices of trichloromethane and hydrofluoric acid increased by 2.23% and 0.66% respectively. Supported by higher raw material costs, some companies have raised their R22 market prices, driving a slight rebound in domestic R22 market prices.

Entering September, the price of trichloroethylene in China has slightly increased, while the price of hydrofluoric acid has continued to rise, rising by 0.66% within the month. The cost of raw materials has continued to rise, and some enterprises have raised the factory price of R134a this week, supporting a slight rebound in domestic R134a prices.

In terms of raw materials, domestic hydrofluoric acid prices have bottomed out and continued to rise, and the rebound in raw material costs will further support domestic refrigerant prices in the future.

3、 Future Market Forecast

According to refrigerant analysts from Business Society, supported by costs and demand, it is expected that the domestic prices of R22 and R134a will continue to remain stable, moderate, and strong in the short term.