In May, the price index of Xinhua·China Salt and Two Alkali Industrial Salt was at 1271.00 points, a decrease of 48.72 points or 3.69% from the previous period (April 2023); an increase of 271.00 points or 27.10 from the base period (January 2018) %; compared with the highest point of 1736.66 points in the cycle (April 2023), it fell 465.66 points, or 26.81%; it rose 454.80 points, or 55.72%, from the lowest point of the cycle, 816.2 points (August 2020).
In terms of regions, in May 2023, the ex-factory prices of the two alkali industrial salts in Chongqing, Shaanxi, and Xinjiang rose compared with April 2023; the ex-factory prices of the two alkali industrial salts in Sichuan remained the same as in April 2023; , Jiangsu, Anhui, Yunnan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Shandong, Hebei, Ningxia, and Qinghai, the ex-factory prices of the two alkali industrial salts fell compared with April 2023.
In terms of price range, there is one area in Sichuan where the unit price of two-alkali industrial salt is between 400-500 yuan/ton in this period, and it is Sichuan; there are 16 areas where the unit price of two-alkali industrial salt is below 400 yuan/ton , namely Liaoning, Henan, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Anhui, Yunnan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Hubei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Hebei, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang.
In May, the ex-factory prices of the two alkali industrial salts were slightly lowered. In the raw salt market, as the spring grilling continues, the supply of the raw salt market is sufficient, and the market transaction price is down. In the sea salt market, under the influence of the continuous spring grilling, the output of sea salt continued to increase, and the market price of sea salt went down; in the mine salt market, some enterprises shut down for maintenance, and the output decreased. In terms of the lake salt market, affected by the increase in the supply of lake salt, the transaction price in the market dropped slightly.
In the downstream soda ash market, in May, the shutdown of soda ash production enterprises for maintenance increased, and the output decreased slightly compared with April. In terms of demand, enterprises' demand for heavy alkali has steadily increased, while demand for light alkali is still weak. Downstream enterprises have a strong wait-and-see mood, and market prices will decline within the month (May 2023, the same below). In terms of the caustic soda market, the domestic liquid soda market performed moderately in May, and the transaction center of gravity in some areas moved down; the caustic soda market showed a trend of falling first and then rising. As of the end of May, the market price was slightly lower than the level of the same period last month.
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