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Purchasing transaction price survey results

By Staff -- Purchasing, 11/2/2000

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

0.20

0.18-0.28

0.21

0.19-0.32

0.19

0.21

Acetone $/lb

0.18

0.15-0.26

0.18

0.15-0.25

0.19

0.30

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

200.00

175-215

230.00

199-260

170.00

175.00

Aniline $/lb

0.36

0.36

0.37

0.37-0.39

0.35

0.39

Antimony oxide $/lb

0.90

0.61-0.96

1.16

1.16

0.82

1.30

Benzene $/gal

1.20

1.13-1.61

1.32

1.11-1.55

1.28

1.35

Butadiene $/lb

0.22

0.14-0.22

0.22

0.14-0.26

0.16

0.16

Butanol $/lb

0.39

0.25-0.41

0.45

0.35-0.45

0.36

0.47

Calcium carbonate (dry) $/ton

114.00

77-142.2

129.00

117-135

128.00

125.00

Calcium chloride (anhyd) $/ton

202.00

182-206

194.00

165-184

205.00

170.00

Carbon black $/lb

0.40

0.36-0.42

0.42

0.42

0.38

0.35

Caustic potash (commercial) $/lb

0.16

0.12-0.17

0.17

0.11-0.19

0.13

0.12

Caustic soda (liq, 50%, diaphragm grade) $/ton

183.00

133-197

235.00

195-255

188.00

127.00

Caustic soda (liq, 50%, rayon grade) $/ton

238.00

149.33-255

245.00

183-259

238.00

265.00

Caustic soda beads $/lb

0.28

0.26-0.29

0.30

0.28-0.31

0.25

0.29

Chlorine $/ton

257.00

215-275

275.00

275.00

110.00

110.00

Citric acid (USP, anhyd) $/lb

0.64

0.63-0.72

0.76

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

0.32

0.28-0.38

0.30

0.24-0.32

0.23

0.40

Dioctyl phthalate $/lb

0.45

0.38-0.55

0.52

0.36-0.52

0.44

0.44

Ethanol (200 proof, synth) $/gal

1.85

1.55-2.10

1.45

1.89-1.98

1.65

1.85

Ethyl acetate $/lb

0.41

0.35-0.45

0.42

0.40-0.60

0.44

0.42

Ethylene $/lb

0.39

0.26-0.42

0.38

0.27-0.39

0.32

0.33

Ethylene glycol (ind) $/lb

0.35

0.25-0.38

0.36

0.26-0.38

0.33

0.26

Ethylene glycol butyl ether $/lb

0.44

0.28-0.45

0.43

0.36-0.45

0.30

0.43

Ethylene oxide $/lb

0.36

0.36-0.39

0.39

0.34-0.43

0.39

0.36

2-Ethylhexanol $/lb

0.35

0.35

0.40

0.38-0.42

0.22

0.38

Formaldehyde (50%) $/lb

0.10

0.10-0.14

0.12

0.12-0.15

0.12

0.13

Glycerine (nat ref 99.5%) $/lb

0.68

0.52-0.69

0.70

0.55-0.70

0.50

0.61

n-Heptane $/gal

1.00

0.92-1.12

1.25

1.21-1.64

1.25

1.51

n-Hexane (high-purity) $/gal

1.10

1.10-1.25

1.15

1.10-1.19

1.03

1.16

Hydrochloric acid (20 deg) $/ton

82.00

63.29-170

85.00

68-135

65.00

66.00

Hydrogen peroxide (70%) $/lb

0.35

0.29-0.40

0.36

0.32-0.43

0.16

0.20

Isopropanol (99%) $/lb

0.38

0.38

0.40

0.30-0.42

0.29

0.33

Lime (hdrated) $/ton

78.00

68-82

85.00

85.00

85.00

87.00

Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate $lb

0.56

0.56

0.54

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

0.59

0.49-0.65

0.62

0.49-0.61

0.45

0.50

Methylene chloride $/lb

0.39

0.38-0.44

0.39

0.22-0.39

0.41

0.27

Methyl ethyl ketone $/lb

0.50

0.39-0.55

0.47

0.34-0.45

0.36

0.43

Methyl methacrylate $/lb

0.49

0.37-0.54

0.47

0.39-0.57

0.54

0.53

Phenol (synth) $/lb

0.36

0.33-0.38

0.38

0.38-0.45

0.45

0.32

Phosphoric acid (food) $/lb

0.40

0.30-0.45

0.44

0.36-0.51

0.32

0.33

Phthalic anhydride $/lb

0.32

0.32-0.40

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

0.59

0.56-0.61

0.59

0.59

0.58

0.53

Propylene oxide $lb

0.61

0.61

0.61

0.61

0.61

0.61

Soda ash (dense) $/ton

95.00

68-108

98.00

88-110

95.00

98.00

Sodium bicarbonate (ind grade) $/lb

0.22

0.14-0.22

0.24

0.14-0.25

0.17

0.17

Sodium bicarbonate (U.S.P. grade) $/lb

0.19

0.19

0.18

0.16-0.20

0.15

0.18

Sodium chlorate $/ton

322.00

295-343

310.00

290-355

285.00

285.00

Sodium hypochlorite $/gal

0.40

0.40-0.47

0.39

0.36-0.46

0.39

0.48

Sodium nitrite (granular) $/lb

0.39

0.38-0.43

0.39

0.38-0.39

0.45

0.38

Sodium silicate $/lb

0.11

0.10-0.13

0.12

0.09-0.14

0.09

0.09

Sodium sulfate $/ton

104.00

99.3-106.8

102.00

98-146

100.00

100.00

Sodium tripolyphosphate $/lb

0.45

0.33-0.49

0.48

0.40-0.49

45.00

42.00

Styrene (99.6%) $/lb

0.47

0.39-0.52

0.45

0.27-0.50

0.49

0.47

Sulfur dioxide (liq) $/ton

207.00

188-237

215.00

202-219

210.00

210.00

Sulfuric acid (virg, 100%) $/ton

49.00

0.39-0.60

52.00

50-60

51.00

52.00

Tall oil fatty acid $/lb

0.25

0.21-0.27

0.24

0.23-0.32

0.24

0.27

Titanium dioxide (anatase) $/lb

0.96

0.85-1.00

0.97

0.95-0.97

0.89

0.93

Titanium dioxide (rutile) $/lb

1.01

0.92-1.15

1.04

0.92-1.08

1.05

1.05

Toluene $/gal

1.26

0.95-1.47

1.40

0.92-1.55

1.18

1.18

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

0.15-0.23

0.18

0.18

Xylenes (mixed) $/gal

1.15

0.97-1.32

1.27

0.98-1.21

1.20

1.25

Zinc oxide (pigment) $/lb

0.55

0.54-0.55

0.55

0.52-0.65

0.55

0.56


Average U.S. prices, Sept. 16th, through Oct. 11th, 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, CPI Editor, 617-630-3998. @ Purchasing 2000.

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