Last week, the market price of titanium dioxide was once again hot, and one of the anticipated price increases was already coming. Since 2016, it has risen in eight consecutive rounds; this year, domestic and foreign markets for titanium dioxide continue to rise. Domestic and foreign titanium dioxide giants have raised prices to drive the market. enthusiasm.
First, let us review. On July 5th, Guangdong Huiyun Titanium issued a price adjustment letter. The company stated that the ex-factory price of each ton of rutile titanium dioxide will be raised by 500 yuan from its original price starting from July 5th. The price adjustment letter will take effect. On July 6, Titanium dioxide industry leader Long Yao Titanium issued a price adjustment announcement. From now on, the price of rutile titanium dioxide will be raised to different domestic direct customers by no more than RMB 800/ton, and international customers will be uniformly raised by US$80/ton. On the following day, Li Lilian announced the price increase in the same way. This time the price increase is unique in that the rising tone of Sichuan Longxi and Lililian is different from that of the past. This kind of price increase seems to mean that the price increase is difficult to sustain. However, the manufacturers that announced the increase in prices at the time of the opening of the gates are like floods. Guangdong Huiyun, Shandong Dongjia, Shandong Daan, Jinan Yuxing and Guangxi Jinlong have all announced that they have increased by RMB 500/ton, which is the current situation. The rise still has a certain foundation.
Upstream and downstream conditions, sulfuric acid: The domestic sulfuric acid market showed a weak trend on Friday, the trading atmosphere was light, and the acid prices were much lower. In Shandong and Tongling, the acid market remained stable, the acid plant in Shandong Province operated normally, the market supply was normal, the demand of the main downstream ammonium phosphate market was weak, the pace of shipments of the acid enterprises was weak, the steady price and wait-and-see atmosphere were strong, and the local 98% sulphuric acid deal was concluded. More concentrated in 100-260 yuan / ton. Tongling factory has huge production capacity, and the supply of goods is too much. The main downstream fertilizer, electrolytic manganese and other weak demand, acid prices are more low-cost shipments, the local 98% sulfuric acid talks are mostly around 90-140 yuan/ton. Titanium ore: At present, the mainstream price of 46% titanium concentrate is 710-730 yuan/ton. The high production cost causes the profit of the concentrate producer to be weak. As a result, the current local middlemen gradually reduce their enquiries in the case of relatively small operating space, and the actual turnover is high. Based on manufacturers.
Looking at the first eight price increases, the increase in the price of titanium dioxide was mainly due to the shrinking production capacity of domestic and foreign titanium dioxide enterprises and the improvement of the supply and demand pattern. With the advancement of supply-side reforms in China's titanium dioxide industry and the acceleration of industry mergers and acquisitions, the industry supply and demand pattern in the future is expected to further improve. In addition, the recovery of the real estate and automobile industries will accelerate the recovery of the domestic economy and will drive the titanium dioxide market downstream of the real estate market.
On the other hand, the export market was positive. In May 2016, the export of titanium dioxide in China was 71,231.552 tons, an increase of 50.68% year-on-year, an increase of 27.96%, and the average export price was about US$1541.1/ton, of which the top three exports were India, the United States, South Korea, from January to May 2016, total titanium dioxide exports were 284,623.731 tons, an increase of 24.85% over the same period of last year.
Although the market is still increasing prices, the titanium dioxide faucet has accumulated an increase of about 3,500 yuan / ton, but the actual domestic demand is still low, the pressure of producers and traders who rely solely on domestic trade to digest inventory is relatively large, the market price increase is expected or Smaller and smaller, the difficulty of the next price increase may have improved.
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