In 2022, my country’s liquid caustic soda export market as a whole will show a fluctuating trend, and the export offer will reach a high level in May, about 750 US dollars/ton, and the annual average monthly export volume will be 210,000 tons. The substantial increase in the export volume of liquid caustic soda is mainly due to the increase in downstream demand in countries such as Australia and Indonesia, especially the commissioning of the downstream alumina project in Indonesia has increased the procurement demand for caustic soda; in addition, affected by international energy prices, local chlor-alkali plants in Europe have started construction Insufficient, the supply of liquid caustic soda is reduced, thus increasing the import of caustic soda will also form a positive support for my country’s liquid caustic soda export to a certain extent. In 2022, the quantity of liquid caustic soda exported from my country to Europe will reach nearly 300,000 tons. In 2022, the overall performance of the solid alkali export market is acceptable, and foreign demand is gradually recovering. The monthly export volume will basically remain at 40,000-50,000 tons. Only in February due to the Spring Festival holiday, the export volume is low. In terms of price, as the domestic solid alkali market continues to rise, the export price of my country’s solid alkali continues to rise. In the second half of the year, the average export price of solid alkali exceeded US$700/ton.
From January to November 2022, my country exported 2.885 million tons of caustic soda, a year-on-year increase of 121%. Among them, the export of liquid caustic soda was 2.347 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 145%; the export of solid caustic soda was 538,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 54.6%.
From January to November 2022, the top five regions for my country’s liquid caustic soda exports are Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and Brazil, accounting for 31.7%, 20.1%, 5.8%, 4.7% and 4.6% respectively; The top five export regions of solid alkali are Vietnam, Indonesia, Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania, accounting for 8.7%, 6.8%, 6.2%, 4.9% and 4.8% respectively.
Post time: Jan-30-2023