According to the data monitoring of business news agency, the price of chloroform fluctuated widely in May. At the beginning of the month, the price was 4200 yuan / ton, and then dropped all the way to the lowest point of 3910 yuan / ton in the month. In the middle and late ten days, the price began to rebound with the support of demand. As of the end of the month, the price of chloroform was 4190 yuan / ton, with an overall decline of 0.24% at the end of the month compared with the beginning of the month.

At the beginning of this month, more than 90% of Jinling and Luxi methane chloride plants were started, Jiangsu Liwen methane chloride plant was started at full capacity, and the spot supply of chloroform was relatively loose. In addition, the peak of downstream refrigerant demand stage passed, the support of supply and demand side was weak, and the price fell; In the middle and late ten days, on the one hand, Luxi Chemical’s methane chloride plant decreased, Jiangsu Liwen’s methane chloride was shut down for maintenance, and the supply side decreased. On the other hand, Xinguan’s vaccination demand increased greatly, and the refrigeration demand increased, which promoted the price of chloroform to rise.

The price of raw material liquid chlorine first fell and then rose, and the cost support turned from weak to strong. In May, the price of liquid chlorine showed a V-shaped trend, with a downward trend in the middle of the month and a rebound at the end of the month. The cost side had a certain drag and support. The overall methanol price is in the trend of rising first and then falling, and the cost side has a certain support. According to the business news agency, the mainstream ex factory price of liquid chlorine for tank cars in Shandong Province dropped from 1750 yuan / ton at the beginning of May to 1150 yuan / ton in the middle of May, and rose to 2050 yuan / ton at the end of the month; The price of methanol increased from 2560 yuan / ton at the beginning of the month to 2672 yuan / ton at the end of the month, with an overall slight increase of 4.38%.

In the middle and late May, the domestic temperature generally rebounded and entered the high temperature stage in summer. The demand for refrigerants had a certain rigid support. In addition, the enthusiasm of domestic new crown vaccine vaccination increased greatly in May, and the demand for vaccine transportation refrigeration increased. As a whole, it formed a certain support for chloroform.

Business community methane chloride data analysts believe that the current cost side, demand side has a certain support, it is expected that the price of trichloromethane high firm in the short term.