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Purchasing transaction price survey results

By Staff -- Purchasing, 6/1/2000 2:00:00 AM

Purchasing transaction price survey results

	Contract average	Contract range	Spot average	Spot range	Six-month contract forecast	Six-month spot forecast
Acetic acid (synth) $/lb	0.22	0.15-0.24	0.26	0.15-0.32	0.19	0.21
Acetone $/lb	0.17	0.11-0.21	0.20	0.15-0.25	0.19	0.16
Acrylic acid $/lb	0.48	0.43-0.55	0.55	0.54-0.58	0.56	0.54
Acrylonitrile $/lb	0.35	0.28-0.45	0.32	0.32	0.21	0.21
Ammonia $/ton	204.00	175-215	212.00	1.80-2.21	170.00	175.00
Aniline $/lb	0.36	0.36	0.37	0.37-0.39	0.35	0.39
Antimony oxide $/lb	0.85	0.55-0.98	0.85	0.85	0.82	1.30
Benzene $/gal	1.20	1.13-1.61	1.32	1.11-1.55	1.18	1.18
Butadiene $/lb	0.16	0.14-0.22	0.17	0.17-0.22	0.16	0.16
Butanol $/lb	0.29	0.25-0.32	0.37	0.30-0.38	0.36	0.33
Calcium carbonate (dry) $/ton	120.00	70.00-131.00	122.00	117.00-136.00	109.67	125.00
Calcium chloride (anhyd) $/ton	190.00	185-199	178.00	168.00-182.00	205.00	170.00
Carbon black $/lb	0.38	0.36-0.42	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.35
Caustic potash (commercial) $/lb	0.14	0.12-0.17	0.14	0.09-0.14	0.13	0.12
Caustic soda (liq, 50%, diaphragm grade) $/ton	191.00	133.00-206.00	180.00	0.96-195.00	181.00	127.00
Caustic soda (liq, 50%, rayon grade) $/ton	185.00	149.33-238.00	215.00	153.00-236.00	197.00	160.00
Caustic soda beads $/lb	0.28	0.26-0.29	0.30	0.28-0.31	0.25	0.29
Chlorine $/ton	237.00	215.00-275.00	249.00	215.00-275.00	110.00	110.00
Citric acid (USP, anhyd) $/lb	0.68	0.63-0.72	0.73	0.60-0.80	0.63	0.65
Cyclohexane $/gal	1.07	1.07	1.08	1.08-1.14	1.10	1.10
Diethylene glycol (standard) $/lb	0.26	0.24-0.28	0.24	0.24-.28	0.23	0.37
Dioctyl phthalate $/lb	0.45	0.38-0.55	0.48	0.36-0.51	0.38	0.39
Ethanol (200 proof, synth) $/gal	1.65	1.55-1.90	1.90	1.90	1.65	1.70
Ethyl acetate $/lb	0.40	0.35-0.45	0.44	0.40-0.60	0.39	0.41
Ethylene $/lb	0.38	0.26-0.42	0.35	0.27-0.39	0.18	0.18
Ethylene glycol (ind) $/lb	0.30	0.25-0.33	0.33	0.26-0.38	0.27	0.26
Ethylene glycol butyl ether $/lb	0.32	0.28-0.35	0.35	0.26-0.35	0.30	0.34
Ethylene oxide $/lb	0.36	0.33-0.38	0.39	0.34-0.39	0.39	0.36
2-Ethylhexanol $/lb	0.35	0.35	0.40	0.38-0.42	0.22	0.38
Formaldehyde (50%) $/lb	0.12	0.10-0.14	0.13	0.09-0.15	0.10	0.10
Glycerine (nat ref 99.5%) $/lb	0.58	0.42-0.64	0.60	0.51-0.67	0.50	0.58
n-Heptane $/gal	1.00	0.91-1.15	1.23	1.17-1.33	1.25	1.23
n-Hexane (high-purity) $/gal	1.15	1.10-1.25	1.11	1.10-1.19	1.18	1.16
Hydrochloric acid (20 deg) $/ton	72.00	58.00-162.00	72.00	49.00-130.00	65.00	65.00
Hydrogen peroxide (70%) $/lb	0.38	0.29-0.40	0.40	0.32-0.43	0.16	0.20
Isopropanol (99%) $/lb	0.27	0.21-0.29	0.32	0.25-0.33	0.29	0.29
Lime (hdrated) $/ton	70.00	68.00-82.00	70.00	55.00-78.00	72.00	65.00
Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate $lb	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.52	0.52
Maleic anhydride $/lb	0.40	0.35-0.43	0.42	0.35-0.46	0.38	0.38
Methanol (synth) $/gal	0.39	0.29-0.44	0.37	0.32-0.48	0.45	0.46
Methylene chloride $/lb	0.40	0.38-0.44	0.38	0.22-0.39	0.41	0.27
Methyl ethyl ketone $/lb	0.44	0.39-0.45	0.41	0.34-0.45	0.36	0.39
Methyl methacrylate $/lb	0.45	0.37-0.54	0.50	0.39-0.57	0.46	0.48
Phenol (synth) $/lb	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.29-0.35	0.45	0.32
Phosphoric acid (food) $/lb	0.28	0.20-0.35	0.39	0.22-0.43	0.32	0.33
Phthalic anhydride $/lb	0.35	0.32-0.38	0.35	0.34-0.35	0.30	0.34
Propylene (chem grade) $/lb	0.23	0.20-0.26	0.20	0.18-0.30	0.13	0.57
Propylene glycol (ind) $/lb	0.56	0.56	0.56	0.56	0.58	0.53
Propylene oxide $lb	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.61
Soda ash (dense) $/ton	0.88	80.00-110.00	100.00	88.00-110.00	80.00	72.00
Sodium bicarbonate (ind grade) $/lb	0.18	0.14-0.22	0.15	0.14-0.17	0.17	0.17
Sodium bicarbonate (U.S.P. grade) $/lb	0.19	0.19	0.18	0.16-0.18	0.15	0.18
Sodium chlorate $/ton	322.00	295.00-343.00	320.00	295.00-350.00	285.00	285.00
Sodium hypochlorite $/gal	0.42	0.40-0.47	0.38	0.39-0.52	0.48	0.48
Sodium nitrite (granular) $/lb	0.39	0.38-0.39	0.39	0.38-0.39	0.35	0.38
Sodium silicate $/lb	0.12	0.10-0.13	0.09	0.08-0.11	0.09	0.09
Sodium sulfate $/ton	75.00	45.00-90.00	123.00	118.00-126.00	0.83	120.00
Sodium tripolyphosphate $/lb	0.40	0.33-0.41	0.42	0.40-0.45	0.45	0.42
Styrene (99.6%) $/lb	0.30	0.29-0.42	0.28	0.27-0.50	0.27	0.22
Sulfur dioxide (liq) $/ton	207.00	188.00-237.00	215.00	201.00-215.00	210.00	210.00
Sulfuric acid (virg, 100%) $/ton	51.00	0.39-0.60	52.00	50.00-60.00	51.00	52.00
Tall oil fatty acid $/lb	0.23	0.21-0.24	0.24	0.23-0.32	0.24	0.27
Titanium dioxide (anatase) $/lb	0.96	0.85-1.00	0.97	0.90-0.97	0.89	0.93
Titanium dioxide (rutile) $/lb	1.05	0.92-1.15	1.06	0.92-1.08	0.98	1.00
Toluene $/gal	1.17	0.95-1.47	1.10	0.92-1.14	1.12	0.96
Vinyl acetate $/lb	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.34-0.35	0.33	0.34
Vinyl chloride (monomer) $/lb	0.23	0.20-0.25	0.21	0.15-0.26	0.18	0.18
Xylenes (mixed) $/gal	0.99	0.82-1.04	1.14	0.91-1.18	1.15	0.96
Zinc oxide (pigment) $/lb	0.55	0.54-0.55	0.60	0.52-0.60	0.56	0.55

Average U.S. prices, April 17th through May 15th, tankload or greater quantities, FOB producer.

The exclusive data published here come from a monthly survey of over 500 chemical buyers conducted by Purchasing Magazine. Data may be reproduced only with written permission from the editor of Purchasing. Editorial Contact: Christopher Reilly, Associate Editor, Chemicals, 617-630-3998. @ Purchasing 2000.

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