欧洲甲醇现货价格下跌

欧洲甲醇现货价格下跌

据ICIS网站6月8日消息 欧洲甲醇供应过剩继续主导市场，需求改善无法避免上周的一些现货交易走低。

现货交易开始较前一周略有下降，周二公布的价格为162欧元/吨。

随着本周的进展，现货价格进一步下跌，投资者变得更加克制，并重新调整了对6月份的预期。

欧洲甲醇现货价格中值较前一周下跌0.50欧元/吨。

继美国和亚洲本周价格下跌后，欧洲是自2019年7月以来首次出现甲醇现货价格最高的地区。

供过于求

尽管本月需求可能有所改善，但与前两个月相比，鹿特丹仍有剩余材料。

一位生产商表示：“需求缓慢回升的迹象很好，但较为缓慢。另一方面，我们确实在全球拥有相当高的库存。美国、欧洲和亚洲，尤其是在中国，它们必须先消化这些库存，然后才能启动新的需求。”

一些生产商建议，为了帮助市场平衡在第三季度恢复，需要进一步停产。

甲醇主要用于生产甲醛、甲基叔丁基醚（MTBE）和乙酸。

少量用于生产对苯二甲酸二甲酯（DMT）、甲基丙烯酸甲酯（MMA）、氯代甲烷、甲胺、乙二醇甲醚以及燃料应用，如二甲醚（DME）、生物柴油和直接掺入汽油。

王磊 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

Europe methanol spot prices fall as oversupply offsets improved demand

European methanol oversupply continues to dominate the market and an improvement in demand could not avoid some lower spot trades last week.

Spot trading started at a slight decrease from the previous week, with €162/tonne reported on Tuesday.

As the week progressed, spot prices came down further with players becoming more subdued and re-adjusting their expectations for June.

The European methanol spot price mid-point softened by €0.50/tonne from the previous week.

Following price drops in the US and Asia this week, Europe is the highest-priced region for methanol spot for the first time since July 2019.

OVERSUPPLY DOMINATES

Although demand is likely to improve this month, in comparison with the previous two months, surplus material remains in Rotterdam.

"There are good signs of slow demand picking up, slow degrees yes. But on the other side we do have fairly high inventory and stock globally; US, Europe and Asia, mainly in China - they have to swallow that first, before kick-off new demand," said a producer.

Some players suggested that further production outages need to be carried out in order to help the market balance recover over Q3.

Methanol is primarily used to produce formaldehyde, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and acetic acid.

Smaller amounts go into production of dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), methyl methacrylate (MMA), chloromethanes, methylamines, glycol methyl ethers, and fuels applications such dimethyl ether (DME), biodiesel and the direct blending into gasoline.