
Propylene oxide than the price on July 1, 2008 of 17,500 yuan / ton fell 10,200 yuan / ton to 7300 yuan / ton, a drop of 58.29 percent. The huge decline in part to enable manufacturers to bear. Propylene oxide is currently weak market stable, the following main reasons: First, manufacturers limit production, strong price stability. The major domestic manufacturers of propylene oxide production limit or stop production to a certain extent, a decrease of the total market shipments, so to strike a balance between supply and demand. At the same time, manufacturers move to a certain degree of stability in the lower reaches of the mentality of customers. The lower reaches steady state of mind, bad public markets calm down the whole market in the short term from the panic, running reasonable. Second, currently the dominant source for more pre-inventory, low-cost pricing, losses manufacturers, unbearable, firm offer.
At present, the major manufacturers stock-based sales in order to function, with no intention of re-production, the price of propylene oxide will be a smooth operation. If the stock sale after a short period of time, to re-enter the factory production, propylene oxide prices down further.