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CHEMICAL TRANSACTION PRICES

By Staff -- Purchasing, 4/6/2000 2:00:00 AM

Purchasing transaction price survey results

	Contract average	Contract range	Spot average	Spot range	Six-month forecast contract	Six-month forecast spot
Acetic acid (synth) $/lb	0.19	0.15-0.21	0.21	0.15-0.32	0.19	0.21
Acetone $/lb	0.17	0.11-0.19	0.20	0.14-0.22	0.15	0.16
Acrylic acid $/lb	0.48	0.43-0.51	0.55	0.54-0.58	0.56	0.54
Acrylonitrile $/lb	0.35	0.28-0.42	0.21	0.21-0.22	0.21	0.21
Ammonia $/ton	167.00	164-171	175.00	165.00-180.00	170.00	175.00
Aniline $/lb	0.36	0.36	0.39	0.39	0.35	0.39
Antimony oxide $/lb	0.85	0.35-0.88	1.23	1.11-1.30	0.82	1.30
Benzene $/gal	1.30	1.11-1.55	1.46	1.11-1.55	1.18	1.18
Butadiene $/lb	0.21	0.16-0.25	0.22	0.17-0.27	0.25	0.26
Butanol $/lb	0.28	0.25-0.32	0.33	0.30-0.38	0.38	0.33
Calcium carbonate (dry) $/ton	115.00	70.00-131.00	125.00	117.00-136.00	109.67	125.00
Calcium chloride (anhyd) $/ton	190.00	185-196	170.00	168.00-182.00	205.00	170.00
Carbon black $/lb	0.36	0.36-0.38	0.35	0.36-0.38	0.35	0.35
Caustic potash (commercial) $/lb	0.14	0.12-0.17	0.12	0.11-0.15	0.13	0.12
Caustic soda (liq, 50%, diaphragm grade) $/ton	145.00	100.00-188.00	112.50	96.00-129.00	188.00	112.50
Caustic soda (liq, 50%, rayon grade) $/ton	185.00	149.33-238.00	160.00	153.00-213.00	238.00	160.00
Caustic soda beads $/lb	0.28	0.26-0.29	0.29	0.28-0.29	0.25	0.29
Chlorine $/ton	235.00	215.00-275.00	210.00	190.00-235.00	110.00	110.00
Citric acid (USP, anhyd) $/lb	0.68	0.63-0.72	0.65	0.60-0.68	0.63	0.65
Cyclohexane $/gal	1.07	1.07	1.10	1.08-1.14	1.10	1.10
Diethylene glycol (standard) $/lb	0.26	0.24-0.28	0.37	0.32-0.39	0.23	0.37
Dioctyl phthalate $/lb	0.46	0.36-0.49	0.33	0.36-0.41	0.38	0.33
Ethanol (200 proof, synth) $/gal	1.65	1.55-1.90	1.70	1.68-1.72	1.65	1.70
Ethyl acetate $/lb	0.40	0.35-0.45	0.41	0.40-0.60	0.39	0.41
Ethylene $/lb	0.38	0.26-0.40	0.35	0.27-0.39	0.32	0.29
Ethylene glycol (ind) $/lb	0.32	0.25-0.33	0.33	0.26	0.30	0.30
Ethylene glycol butyl ether $/lb	0.32	0.28-0.35	0.34	0.30-0.38	0.30	0.34
Ethylene oxide $/lb	0.36	0.33-0.38	0.36	0.34-0.39	0.39	0.36
2-Ethylhexanol $/lb	0.35	0.35	0.38	0.38	0.22	0.38
Formaldehyde (50%) $/lb	0.11	0.08-0.12	0.09	0.09-0.11	0.10	0.09
Glycerine (nat ref 99.5%) $/lb	0.53	0.42-0.64	0.58	0.51-0.67	0.50	0.58
n-Heptane $/gal	0.95	0.91-1.15	1.23	1.17-1.33	1.24	1.23
n-Hexane (high-purity) $/gal	1.15	1.12-1.24	1.16	1.10-1.19	1.18	1.16
Hydrochloric acid (20 deg) $/ton	72.00	58.00-180.00	60.00	55.00-132.00	106.67	60.00
Hydrogen peroxide (70%) $/lb	0.38	0.29-0.40	0.38	0.32-0.43	0.16	0.20
Isopropanol (99%) $/lb	0.27	0.21-0.29	0.28	0.25-0.31	0.26	0.28
Lime (hdrated) $/ton	70.00	0.70-0.75	65.00	65.00-71.00	72.00	65.00
Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate $lb	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50
Maleic anhydride $/lb	0.40	0.35-0.43	0.38	0.35-0.46	0.38	0.38
Methanol (synth) $/gal	0.34	0.29-0.44	0.35	0.32-0.48	0.39	0.42
Methylene chloride $/lb	0.40	0.38-0.44	0.27	0.22-0.37	0.41	0.29
Methyl ethyl ketone $/lb	0.41	0.39-0.45	0.34	0.34-0.45	0.36	0.34
Methyl methacrylate $/lb	0.52	0.37-0.54	0.48	0.39-0.57	0.53	0.48
Phenol (synth) $/lb	0.26	0.25-0.29	0.32	0.29-0.35	0.31	0.32
Phosphoric acid (food) $/lb	0.28	0.20-0.31	0.33	0.22-0.43	0.32	0.33
Phthalic anhydride $/lb	0.35	0.32-0.38	0.34	0.34	0.30	0.34
Propylene (chem grade) $/lb	0.23	0.20-0.26	0.27	0.20-0.30	0.26	0.29
Propylene glycol (ind) $/lb	0.56	0.56	0.53	0.53	0.58	0.53
Propylene oxide $lb	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.61
Soda ash (dense) $/ton	94.00	80.00-110.00	72.00	70.00-80.00	80.00	72.00
Sodium bicarbonate (ind grade) $/lb	0.18	0.14-0.22	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17
Sodium bicarbonate (U.S.P. grade) $/lb	0.19	0.19	0.18	0.16-0.18	1.14	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	0.41-0.45	0.48	0.39-0.49	0.45	0.48
Sodium nitrite (granular) $/lb	0.39	0.38-0.39	0.38	0.38-0.39	0.35	0.38
Sodium silicate $/lb	0.12	0.10-0.13	0.09	0.08-0.11	0.06	0.08
Sodium sulfate $/ton	75.00	45.00-90.00	120.00	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	0.38	0.27-0.42	0.46	0.27-0.50	0.35	0.40
Sulfur dioxide (liq) $/ton	207.00	188.00-237.00	210.00	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	55.50	18.00
Tall oil fatty acid $/lb	0.23	0.21-0.24	0.27	0.23-0.32	0.24	0.27
Titanium dioxide (anatase) $/lb	0.96	0.85-1.00	0.93	0.90-0.96	0.85	0.93
Titanium dioxide (rutile) $/lb	1.05	0.92-1.09	0.98	0.92-1.08	0.98	0.98
Toluene $/gal	1.24	0.85-1.35	0.96	0.92-1.14	0.90	0.96
Vinyl acetate $/lb	0.35	0.35	0.34	0.34-0.35	0.33	0.34
Vinyl chloride (monomer) $/lb	0.23	0.20-0.25	0.18	0.15-0.26	0.18	0.18
Xylenes (mixed) $/gal	0.99	0.82-1.04	0.96	0.91-1.18	0.84	0.96
Zinc oxide (pigment) $/lb	0.55	0.54-0.55	0.55	0.52-0.60	0.56	0.55

Average U.S. prices, February 23 through March 20, 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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