Weekly Review of Anthracene Oil 4.18

1.  Anthracene Oil Market Analysis

China's anthracene oil market prices fell broadly this week. As of now, the market price in Shandong is 4,700 - 4,800 yuan/ton. The price of high-temperature coal tar has declined within a narrow range, and the pressure on the cost of anthracene oil has eased, but there is a certain negative atmosphere; the price of the downstream carbon black market has fallen sharply, which has a strong negative impact on the anthracene oil market. The downstream price reduction market has limited receipt volume; The anthracene oil hydrogenation market has started at a low level and needs limited support. The operating rates of deep processing companies have fluctuated slightly, which is more resistant to high-priced anthracene oil. The downstream wait-and-see atmosphere is strong, the pressure on real orders is greater, and the terminal needs to support is weak. The anthracene oil market is expected to operate weakly in the short term.

2.  Comparison of market prices of anthracene oil

3.  Weekly output of anthracene oil

The weekly output of anthracene oil increased slightly this week compared with last week. This week's output was 62,700 tons, an increase of 2,100 tons from last week.

4.  Deep processing operating rate

This week, the effective production capacity of the anthracene oil market was approximately 23.9 million tons. A total of 1.45 million tons of units were restarted, and 300,000 tons of units were suspended for maintenance. The starting load of most other enterprises remained stable. The operating rate of deep processing increased slightly this week. Currently, the operating rate of deep processing enterprises was 49.1%, up 1.7% from last week.