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Methanol: Short-selling atmosphere hangs over methanol futures have been lowered widely

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July 17, 2023, 4:50 PM

On July 17th, the market price index of methanol was 2139.88, which was 6.4 lower than that of the previous working day and 0.30% lower than the previous working day.

  

Outer disk dynamics:

Methanol closed on July 14:

China CFR 258-265USD / ton, Ping

European FOB 197199 euros / ton, up 2 euros / ton

Us FOB 68.75-69.25 cents per gallon, up 0.75 cents per gallon

CFR in Southeast Asia is US $288-290 per ton, flat.

Summary of today's prices:

Guanzhong: 2050-2080 (0), South: 1950-1970 (0), North: 2010-2040 (0), Lunan: 2300-2330 (0), Henan: 2150-2210 (- 80), Shanxi: 21202240 (0), Port: 22102260 (- 70)

Freight:

North Route-Northern Shandong 260-310 (20amp 0), Southern Route-Northern Shandong 250-330 (0max 0), Shanxi-Northern Shandong 130-170 (10mp 0), Guanzhong-Southwest Shandong 230-270 (0max 0)


Spot market: today, the price of methanol market is weak, the price fluctuation in the Chinese market is 20-80 yuan / ton, the futures market pulls back widely, the spot offer at the port is limited, the buying gas is general, and the equipment maintenance and restart are carried out alternately in the Chinese market. most of the operators in the market hold a wait-and-see attitude, and the overall negotiation mood is not good. Specifically, the market price in the main producing areas is stable, and the price is quoted on the southern route today. 1950-1970 yuan / ton, the north line quotation 2010-2040, low-end stability, of which Shaanxi Changqing methanol this week's latest quotation raised 20 yuan / ton: 2000 tons quoted 2150 yuan / ton, 100 tons less than 2000 tons quoted 2160 yuan / ton, the plant 600000 tons plant on July 10 stop maintenance, expected time of 15-20 days or so, some traders turn order prices down, market operators hold a wait-and-see attitude, transaction is light. The price of the consumer market is weak, among which Lunan 2300-2330 yuan / ton, low-end stability, northern Shandong 2290-2350 yuan / ton, low-end reduction of 30 yuan / ton, the mentality of market operators is strong, the current market supply is still tight, some downstream enterprises wait and see mainly. Prices in central China have been lowered, of which Henan is quoted at 2150-2210 yuan / ton, and the low end is reduced by 80 yuan / ton. the auction turnover of some enterprises in the market is weak, the negotiation mood is low, and most of them hold a wait-and-see mentality. The price in southwest China is stable, including 2100-2250 yuan / ton in Sichuan and Chongqing, 2140-2230 yuan / ton in Yunnan-Guizhou region, low-end stability, parking of some devices in the field, little supply pressure, and traders mostly hold a wait-and-see attitude at the beginning of the week. Quotations in other regions of China have also been adjusted to varying degrees.


Port market: methanol futures fell today. The spot offer is limited, the turnover is light, and the rigid demand of individual bulk orders. Long-term unilateral bargain receiving, selling arbitrage, the basis is slightly stronger. The overall transaction is active. Taicang main port transaction price: spot / 7: 2220-2260, basis 09-10, margin 09-10, margin 09-10, margin 10, transaction 8: 2235-2275, margin 09, 10, 15, 9: 2250, 2300, 09, 30, 35.

Area

2023/7/17

2023/7/14

Rise and fall

The whole country

2139.88

2146.28

-6.40 

Northwest

1950-2100

1950-2100

0/0

North China

2120-2280

2120-2280

0/0

East China

2210-2360

2280-2390

-70/-30

South China

2230-2340

2250-2300

-20/40

Southwest

2100-2250

2100-2250

0/0

Northeast China

2200-2500

2200-2500

0/0

Shandong

2290-2360

2290-2360

0/0

Central China

2150-2480

2230-2480

-80/0

 

Future forecast: supply: at present, equipment overhaul and restart are carried out alternately, although Yanzhou Guohong, Gansu Huating and other devices are temporarily stopped, Jiutai and other devices failed to increase the burden as scheduled, resulting in a reduction in supply on the field. however, with the gradual recovery of Sino-Ann and other devices and the planned restart of Shaanxi Lean, Xinzhou Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia easy Advanced equipment, the supply and storage in the field is expected to increase. Demand: downstream olefin enterprises actively purchase, some olefin units are negative and Ningxia Baofeng Phase III MTO plant has production plans, olefin demand is expected to increase, MTBE, chloride and other demand is slowly recovering, in the later stage, attention should be paid to the load changes of olefin units in the field and the commissioning of new units. At present, in terms of cost, coal prices may operate weakly and stably under the premise of enhanced supply in the later stage, supply is expected to increase, demand is expected to recover slowly, and short-term methanol market prices are expected to be arranged in a narrow range. In the later stage, we also need to pay close attention to the macro view, the coal price and the operation of the plant in the field.

Recent operation of the device:

Name of production enterprise

Annual capacity; ten thousand tons

Raw material

Starting date of maintenance

Maintenance end date

Operation of the device

Shaanxi Lean

26

Coal

2023/7/1

2023/7/16

Rebooting

Yizhou science and technology

15

Coke oven gas

2023/7/10

2023/7/17

Planned maintenance for a week or so

Inner Mongolia Yigao

30

Coal

2023/6/23

2023/7/19

Planned maintenance for 1 month

Yangmei Fengxi

10

Coal

2023/7/1

2023/7/21

Stop the car.

Henan Zhongxin

35

Coal

2023/7/7

2023/7/22

Parking maintenance

Anhui carbon Xin

50

Coke oven gas

2023/5/4

2023 / lower middle and lower July

Plan to restart

Jiutai

200

Coal

2023/7/13

2023 / lower middle and lower July

It is expected that the maintenance time will last about 10 days.

Kunpeng, Ningxia

60

Coal

2023/6/12

2023 / lower middle and lower July

Parking

The first phase of New Olympic Games in Inner Mongolia

60

Coal

2023/7/4

2023/7/24

Parking maintenance

Huangling, Shaanxi Province

30

Coke oven gas

2023/6/25

2023 / lower middle and lower July

Planned maintenance for 20 days

Yanzhou Mining Guohong

64

Coal

2023/7/13

2023 / July

Plan to park for 5-7 days

Shaanxi evergreen

60

Coal

2023/7/11

2023/7/30

Parking maintenance

Henan heart to heart

60

Coal

2023/6/28

2022 / end of July

Parking maintenance

Cathay Pacific

40

Coal

2023/6/22

2023 / end of July

Parking maintenance

Gansu Huating

60

Coal

2023/7/12

To be determined

Temporary car bounce

Shaanxi Shenmu

60

Coal

2023 / end of July

2023 / August

Planned maintenance for 15 days

Inner Mongolia Shilin

30

Coal

2023 / late July

2023 / September

Planned maintenance for 2 months

The second phase of Xinao, Inner Mongolia

60

Coal

2023 / August

2023 / mid-August

Planned maintenance for 20 days

Inner Mongolia ancient and Baitai

10

Coke oven gas

2023/5/21

To be determined

Parking maintenance

Sichuan Lutianhua

40

Natural gas

2023/6/30

To be determined

Parking maintenance

Chongqing Cabelle

85

Natural gas

2023/7/4

To be determined

Parking maintenance

Shanxi coking

40

Coke oven gas

2023/5/15

To be determined

Reduce negative production

Central Plains Dahua

50

Coal

2023/7/7

To be determined

Restart failed and is still in parking state