The current market supply and demand balance of potassium chloride, the overall price stabilization. Although the fertilizer market part of the raw material appears to pick up signs, but the potash market is always lukewarm. Autumn fertilizer sales, downstream fertilizer plant operating rate is not high, some factories have a small amount of replenishment demand, but the procurement is not positive. Overall, worried about the market oversupply, wait and see situation difficult to change, then the domestic potash market will be weak operation. Industry predicts that the late trend of potassium chloride will not be a big fluctuation.
Potassium chloride supply and demand balance
Qinghai enterprises potassium chloride sales situation no major changes. Salt Lake Group to wait for the new price before and after the development, the downstream demand is not busy, the agency is not strong sales, the current 60% powder, crystal potassium chloride actually arrived at 1850 yuan (t price, the same) around. Qinghai, a number of small factories in the shutdown state that will resume production in October, 57% powdered potassium chloride factory price 1300 ~ 1350 yuan, sales in good condition, but the price is difficult to uplink.
Border trade temporarily no goods, 62% white powder potassium offer stable at 1,800 yuan. The port market price difference widening, high-end offer gradually reduced, low-end offer supply gradually increased, the port 62% white potassium mainstream offer has dropped to 1930 ~ 1950 yuan, large distributors procurement and direct supply compound fertilizer factory offer lower.
Potassium sulfate running smoothly
In addition to local area price increases, the more potassium sulfate offer stabilized. Many companies reflect the new transaction significantly reduced compared to the previous, the current executable orders are not many, the fears of the market outlook gradually. At the same time, with environmental protection, security checks continue to deepen, Mannheim device operating rate of about half, Mannheim law by-product hydrochloric acid is still posted sales.
Northeast Mannheim potassium sulfate operating rate rose to more than 60%, offer up, but the height difference is very large, 50% powdered potassium sulfate factory price 2500 ~ 2650 yuan, 50% squeeze round potassium sulfate 2650 ~ 2800 yuan. Northeast individual manufacturers have export or long-term customer orders support, most manufacturers orders less, the local market low-end supply of potassium sulfate in the actual price of 2450 yuan and 2650 yuan. The industry said that the early price of potassium sulfate significantly, low-cost promotional effect is remarkable, with the recent market adjustment, the price stable operation.
In addition, the Yunnan 2018 annual smoke with potassium sulfate tender start, the number of 170,000 tons, set the stall price of 2650 yuan. The industry “complained” this price is low, have speculated that may flow standard.
International prices are stable
Potassium chloride market price, Vancouver 204 ~ 214 US dollars; Jordan 209 ~ 224 US dollars; northwest Europe 197 ~ 199 US dollars; CIS 200 ~ 206 US dollars; Israel 209 ~ 224 US dollars; India 240 US dollars. Potassium chloride spot CFR prices, Brazil CIF 260 ~ 267 US dollars; Southeast Asia CIF 250 to 260 US dollars.