1、 Price trend
This week’s weak domestic ethanol market was sorted out. According to the monitoring of business agency, the domestic ethanol market price at the beginning of the week was 5750 yuan / ton, while the domestic ethanol market price at the weekend was 5775 yuan / ton, up 0.43% in the week. The price rose 3.36% month on month and 9.79% year on year.
2、 Analysis of influencing factors
Product: this week, the domestic alcohol market was reorganized and operated, and some markets were weak. The corn alcohol market in Northeast China is stable, and enterprises wait for the price of raw materials to fall, and the quotation of enterprises remains stable; the alcohol market in East China is stable, and the quotation of individual enterprises is lowered, but the delivery situation is general; the alcohol price in Shandong is partially lowered, and the quotation of individual enterprises is lowered, and the demand is weak; the price of Henan alcohol market is sorted and operated, and the delivery of enterprises is general, and the quotation of individual enterprises is lowered ; Guangxi molasses alcohol market is waiting for operation, molasses alcohol enterprises order shipment, individual enterprises reduce the price; cassava alcohol downstream demand is weak, market negotiation is stable, cassava water free enterprise inventory is not high, price remains high; Guangdong alcohol market is stable or transaction is weak, foreign sources arrive in Guangzhou, downstream demand Weak, the market has low-cost transactions; Anhui alcohol market is reorganized and operated, and enterprise orders are shipped; Yunnan alcohol market has little change, most of Yunnan alcohol production enterprises are shut down, and enterprise shipments are general.
Logistics: this week, the logistics price is stable, the large northeast factories deliver goods in a centralized way and the regional return is less. This week, the freight of Heilongjiang Daqing Shandong Zibo is 350-400 yuan / ton (floating up and down), Anhui Nanchang 250 yuan / ton (floating up and down), Henan Sichuan 500 yuan / ton, Henan Guangdong 500-520 yuan / ton (floating up and down), Guangxi Qinzhou Guangdong Dongguan 220 yuan / ton (floating up and down).
In terms of raw materials, corn: the price of corn in China has stabilized as a whole, the market has a strong wait-and-see mentality, and attention has been paid to the auction of postnatal corn. In the near future, the supply of imported grain in South China has increased significantly, which has restrained domestic corn. The purchasing mentality of downstream feed enterprises has remained cautious, the sales mentality of traders has weakened, and the price has been revised back. Statistics show that China imported 890000 tons of corn in April 2020, an increase of 33.6% year on year.
Ethyl acetate: this week, the domestic market of ethyl acetate was stable. The ethyl acetate plant in jinyimeng, Shandong Province was shut down at the beginning of the week, and the early inventory was mainly digested, which led to the continuous decline in the operating rate of the domestic market of ethyl acetate, which eased the pressure of competition among suppliers. This week, the suppliers mainly made stable price offers. While the downstream for stable ethyl acetate purchase rigid demand, the market is relatively smooth.
3、 Future forecast
The auction price of raw material corn remains high, the price sent to the enterprise is high, the production pressure of the enterprise is high, the inventory of the enterprise is low, the order delivery is continuous, the short-term enterprise will remain high, the price of cassava raw material continues to rise, at present, the raw material of the enterprise to the port is mostly the raw material purchased in the early stage, the price does not reach the ultra-high position, the enterprise maintains normal production, but The traditional demand for tourism has entered the off-season. Business alcohol analysts expect that the short-term domestic ethanol market consolidation operation.