Recent price trend of hydrochloric acid

As can be seen from the figure above, the domestic hydrochloric acid price fell slightly this week, and the average market price fell from 178.00 yuan/ton at the weekend to 174.00 yuan/ton at the weekend, a decline of 2.25%. A year-on-year drop of 42.00%. On December 11, the hydrochloric acid commodity index was 45.79, unchanged from yesterday, down 66.79% from the peak of 137.89 (2021-10-26) in the cycle, and up 154.67% from the lowest point of 17.98 on September 5, 2012. (Note: Period refers to 2011-09-01 to now)

Weakened upstream support, better downstream procurement

From the manufacturer’s quotation, the domestic hydrochloric acid market price fell slightly this week.

From the perspective of the upstream and downstream industrial chain of hydrochloric acid, the upstream liquid chlorine market was consolidated at a low level, and the cost support was insufficient. The price of the downstream polyaluminum chloride market rose slightly, from 2021.25 yuan/ton at the end of last week to 2023.75 yuan/ton at the end of this week, an increase of 0.12%. A year-on-year decrease of 14.11%; The market price of ammonium chloride rose slightly, from 995.00 yuan/ton last weekend to 1040.00 yuan/ton this weekend, up 4.52%. On the whole, the upstream support is insufficient and the downstream procurement enthusiasm is good.

Future market forecast

In the middle and late December, the market price of hydrochloric acid rose mainly in a narrow range. The market of upstream liquid chlorine has been consolidated at a low level recently, with average cost support. The market of downstream polyaluminum chloride and ammonium chloride has risen slightly, and the purchase intention of downstream has increased. Analysts from the business community believe that hydrochloric acid has risen mainly due to slight fluctuations recently.