In August, the domestic cyclohexanone market fell first and then rose. According to the monitoring data of business agency, the average market price of domestic cyclohexanone at the beginning of the month was 10440 yuan / ton, and the average market price of domestic cyclohexanone at the end of the month was 10720 yuan / ton, an increase of 2.68% in the month and 90.86% year-on-year.

At the beginning of the month, the cyclohexanone market fluctuated slightly, Jiangsu Haili plant was shut down for maintenance, and some enterprises purchased in the market. After the sales pressure of cyclohexanone factory was relieved, the price rose. In mid June, the cost side support was stable, the factory made a stable offer, the downstream purchased on demand, the market transaction atmosphere was general, and the cyclohexanone market was mainly consolidated. At the end of the month, the price of raw material pure benzene fell, but the supply was tight. Bank of China in Shandong did not start up yet. The supply of goods in the overall factory was in short supply and sold at a low price. The offer in the domestic cyclohexanone market rose narrowly.

Summary of domestic cyclohexanone market as of August 31:

region ., Price

East China 10800-10900 yuan / ton cash delivery

South China 11100-11200 yuan / ton cash delivery

Shandong region 10600-10700 yuan / ton cash delivery

In terms of raw materials and pure benzene, pure benzene was shaken and consolidated. The decline of crude oil in the first half of the month and the demand for pure benzene were lower than expected, which triggered a downward price shock and the market once fell. By the end of the month, the health incident caused the continuation of port to ship, triggered the filling of empty space at the end of the month, and the price rebounded.

Downstream, most of the downstream caprolactam maintenance devices are in short supply, and the chemical fiber factory actively purchases cyclohexanone at a low price. Further increase the price space of cyclohexanone.

According to the price monitoring of the business community, in the list of commodity prices in August 2021, there were 59 kinds of commodities rising month on month in the chemical sector, including 29 kinds of commodities rising by more than 5%, accounting for 29.6% of the monitored commodities in the sector; The top three commodities were formic acid (48.35%), lithium carbonate (30.45%) and hydrochloric acid (29.41%). A total of 34 kinds of commodities decreased month on month, and 13 kinds of commodities decreased by more than 5%, accounting for 13.3% of the monitored commodities in this sector; The products with the first three declines were liquid ammonia (- 21.16%), chloroform (- 16.00%) and urea (- 13.43%). The average rise and fall this month was 3.39%.

In the short term, with the support of cost, the short-term cyclohexanone market may run strongly due to the shortage of goods. In the later stage, as the production of cyclohexanone and caprolactam increased as scheduled, there was a narrow decline risk in the latter ten days. The cyclohexanone analysts of the business society expect that the cyclohexanone market may be consolidated in September.