1、 Price trend

According to the Commodity Analysis System of the Business Society, the domestic market for imported potassium chloride has slightly increased this week, with prices rising from 2950.00 yuan/ton at the beginning of the week to 3025.00 yuan/ton at the end of the week, an increase of 2.54%. On September 11th, the potassium chloride (imported) commodity index was 96.03, unchanged from yesterday, a decrease of 45.00% from the cycle’s highest point of 174.60 points (2022-06-21), and an increase of 64.86% from the lowest point of 58.25 points on August 6th, 2020. (Note: The cycle refers to the period from March 1st, 2012 to present)

2、 Market analysis

The prices of mainstream domestic potassium chloride distributors have slightly increased this week. The arrival price of 60% white potassium in Qinghai is around 2750 yuan/ton, and the self raised price of 62% white potassium in ports is around 2900-3000 yuan/ton. The self raised price of 60% Dahong granules at the port is around 3000-3100 yuan/ton. Border trade accounts for 62% of Russian white potassium at around 2900 yuan/ton.

From the downstream market situation of potassium chloride, the price of potassium carbonate in the market increased slightly this week, from 7450.00 yuan/ton at the beginning of the week to 7590.00 yuan/ton at the weekend, an increase of 1.88%, and the weekend price decreased by 19.89% year-on-year. The market price of potassium nitrate slightly increased this week, rising from 5450.00 yuan/ton at the beginning of the week to 5600.00 yuan/ton at the weekend, an increase of 2.75%. The weekend price decreased by 17.65% year-on-year. Overall, the downstream market for potassium chloride has slightly increased, and downstream customers have a good demand for potassium chloride.

3、 Future Market Forecast

In mid to late September, the overall trend of potassium chloride market may fluctuate and rise in a narrow range, with consolidation being the main trend. The prices of potassium chloride in salt lakes and Zangge have increased, and the market atmosphere is good. The downstream market of potassium chloride has slightly increased, and downstream demand has increased, with primary demand for procurement. Analysts from the Business Society believe that domestic potassium chloride import prices may slightly increase in the short term.