At present, the domestic mainstream market operators have turned the crash mode of methanol, for example, Inner Mongolia fell 230-280 yuan / ton, East China fell 80-100 yuan / ton, Shandong fell 190-260 yuan / ton, down in other areas, local.

The traditional downstream not to provide enough support for the methanol market:

At present, formaldehyde, dimethyl ether, acetic acid, two MTBE started as a whole were 30%, 20%, 80%, 50%, olefin started around 70-80%, the Spring Festival approaching, the majority of traditional downstream enterprises or will from the city, methanol demand will continue to weaken, the price will continue to fall.

People familiar with the market all know, the domestic methanol plummeted almost is about to start from mid December 2016. At that time, methanol imports profit has been narrowed to a few yuan from hundreds of yuan, import enthusiasm will decline, and support domestic methanol prices.

Through the above analysis can be found, the fundamentals of methanol is entering the “market freeze” period. At the end of a traditional downstream weakening, and the slowdown in the domestic olefins started as a whole; on the other hand, haze, snow and other special weather areas contain mainland Sinotrans goods cycle longer, take the goods inside the enthusiasm is not high, how to digest inventory based.

According to the signs that, years ago, the domestic methanol market prices will continue to decline. However, years after the return, with the downstream replenishment emotional drive, commodity market or periodic callback, methanol will be rising trend.