Weekly report of chemical industry: crude oil price remains high, and the cost drives the price of butadiene to rise sharply

Plate market this week:

This week, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.29%, the gem index rose 0.98%, the CSI 300 rose 0.07%, the CITIC basic chemical index fell 1.71%, and the Shenwan chemical index fell 3.77%.

Rise and fall of various sub sectors of chemical industry: this week, the top four sub sectors of chemical industry were electronic chemicals (0.93%), potassium fertilizer (0.77%), pesticides (0.39%) and food and feed additives (0.36%); The top five sub industries in the chemical sector were viscose (- 12.1%), rubber additives (- 10.51%), other plastic products (- 10.37%), polyester (- 9.1%), paint, ink and pigment (- 6.51%).

Main trends of the industry this week:

Butadiene: according to Longzhong chemical, on April 29, the price of butadiene was 9850 yuan / ton, an increase of 149.37% compared with the beginning of 2022. The main reasons are as follows: 1) since 2022, the price of crude oil has continued to fluctuate upward, which has supported the price in terms of cost; 2) With the increase of cost pressure, the operating rate of butadiene decreased and the supply tightened. According to China Chemical Information Weekly, in March, Nanjing Chengzhi, Sibang, Inner Mongolia Jiutai and other units continued to shut down, Yangzi Petrochemical maintained, Fushun Petrochemical and Sichuan Petrochemical stopped for a short time, and in April, Zhejiang petrochemical, Lanzhou Petrochemical and SINOCHEM Quanzhou maintained. Coupled with the centralized maintenance of outer disk units, the spot in Northeast Asia was once tight, Some of the Chinese goods are exported to South Korea. At present, about 63% of butadiene downstream butadiene butadiene butadiene rubber and 70% of styrene butadiene rubber are started. The production enterprises have no maintenance expectation, which has little impact on the demand. However, the ABS start-up has fallen below 80%. The epidemic in East China is severe, and the downstream automobile plants, modification plants and other end customers are affected, so that the demand for butadiene cannot be released. It is expected that the ABS start-up rate may gradually recover from May to June, driving the demand for butadiene.

Investment suggestions:

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Risk warning: macroeconomic downturn; Large fluctuations in oil prices; Downstream demand was lower than expected.

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