Rubber Chemicals Market Report (5.4-5.14)

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Last week, the price of pure benzene fell by 22 USD/tonne, the price of aniline fell by 59 USD/tonne, the price of cyclohexylamine fell by 44 USD/tonne, the price of MIBK and acetone remained stable, and the price of other auxiliary materials was basically stable.

The overall market price of the accelerator was affected by the fall of raw material aniline, which had a relatively large impact on CBS. At present, downstream tyre enterprises have decreased, exports are still relatively depressed, accelerator demand is difficult to improve, is expected to maintain the recent accelerator prices run weak, and the impact of raw material prices more obvious.

Antioxidants 4020 and 4010NA continue to be affected by weak demand, prices inertia down; 4020 raw materials MIBK due to the impact of a large number of imported speculative inventory, prices have fallen to near the cost line, imported MIBK has been unprofitable, the original domestic supply shortage is likely to re-emerge, MIBK prices have some bottoming out is expected to rise. Antioxidant RD prices are mainly stable, running close to costs.

Insoluble sulphur supply remained adequate and prices remained stable; zinc oxide and stearic acid prices fell slightly, while silane coupling agent and anti-coke agent prices remained stable.