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China Chemical Market Vegetable Oil Market

Prices as on April 1, 2025
Name of Chemicals 1st April-2025 25th March-2025 Change Rapeseed and Castor move up; Linseed falls
Acetone 849 858 -9
Acrylic Acid 1044 1031 13 Mixed trends prevailed in the market during the past week under
Acrylonitrile 1210 1196 14 review. Rapeseed oil moved up by almost 5%, while Castor oil
Adipic Acid 1072 1071 1 gained over 2%. Linseed oil eased lower by over 3%, even as
Aniline 1108 1154 -46
Benzene 916 941 -25 Sunfl ower oil fell by over a percent. Cottonseed and Groundnut
Bisphenol-A 1209 1239 -30 oils fell marginally while Sesame oil remained steady. Among
Butyl Acetate 978 981 -3 imported oils, RBD palmolein and crude Palm gained marginally,
Butyl Acrylate 1223 1211 12 while crude degummed Soyabean was up by over 2%. In solvent
n-Butanol 915 922 -7 extracted oils, Soyabean was up by almost 3%, while Rice brans
Chloroform 386 386 - gained over 2% and Neem oil remained unmoved. Comparing the
Cyclohexane 1049 1048 1 prices of some of the oils over the same period last year, groundnut
Cyclohexanone 1133 1133 -
Dibutyl Phthalate 1132 1127 5 is cheaper by 8%. Rapeseed is costlier by 31%, while linseed is
Diethylene Glycol 638 627 11 costlier by 31% and sunfl ower is up by 51%. Sesame is cheaper
Dimethyl Formamide 566 582 -16 by 5% and castor is costlier by 6%, while cottonseed is costlier by 34%.
Dioctyl Phthalate 1144 1124 20
Ethyl Acetate 770 771 -1 Mar-2025 Mar-2025 Change Average Change
Ethyl Acrylate 1408 1407 1 Name of oils
Ethylene Dichloride 287 296 -9 28th 21st [%] Mar-2024 [%]
Ethylene Glycol 624 626 -2 Local oils
2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate 1294 1304 -10
Formaldehyde 165 165 - Groundnut oil 136,000 137,000 -0.73 148,854 -8.64
Hydrogen Peroxide 95 97 -2 Rapeseed oil 134,000 128,000 4.69 102,367 30.90
Isobutyl Alcohol 1035 1016 19
Isopropyl Alcohol 918 919 -1 Sunfl ower oil 135,500 137,000 -1.09 89,896 50.73
Maleic Anhydride 937 928 9 Linseed oil 127,000 131,500 -3.42 96,896 31.07
Methanol 357 375 -18
Methyl Ethyl Ketone 1035 1067 -32 Sesame oil 240,000 240,000 – 253,250 -5.23
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone 1362 1361 1 Washed cottonseed oil 128,000 128,500 -0.39 95,604 33.89
Methylene Dichloride 335 355 -20
Monoethanolamine 975 990 -15 Castor oil (commercial) 130,000 127,000 2.36 122,771 5.89
Nitric Acid 205 206 -1 Imported oils
Phenol 1004 1038 -34
Phthalic Anhydride 1031 1017 14 RBD palmolein 134,500 134,000 0.37 93,783 43.42
Polyvinyl Alcohol 1817 1816 1 Crude degummed soybean oil 125,000 122,000 2.46 91,583 36.49
Propyl Acetate 994 1007 -13
Propylene Glycol 851 828 23 (ex-Mumbai)
Soda Ash 204 204 - Crude palm oil (5%) (ex-Kandla) 130,000 129,100 0.70 91,150 42.62
Styrene 1142 1147 -5
Terephthalic Acid 671 673 -2 Solvent extracted oils
Titanium Dioxide 2117 2116 1 Soyabean oil (Indore) 124,000 120,500 2.90 92,646 33.84
Toluene 836 828 8
Vinyl Acetate 830 835 -5 Rice bran oil (RG-I) 108,500 106,000 2.36 76,583 41.68
o-Xylene 1007 1007 - Rice bran oil (RG-II) (industrial) 105,500 103,000 2.43 73,583 43.38
Price in USD per mt Neem oil 165,000 165,000 – 158,087 4.37
The above prices are provided by Ms. Annie An of ECHEMI www.echemi.com, (Email: annie@echemi.com)
The prices are published only with a view to give some ideas of the market conditions. Note: Rates in Rs. per ton.
Source: Solvent Extractors Association of India.

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