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China Chemical Market Vegetable Oil Market

Prices as on March 18, 2025
Name of Chemicals 18th March-2025 11th March-2025 Change Rapeseed, Groundnut and Linseed move down
Acetone 849 874 -25
Acrylic Acid 1033 1055 -22 Downtrend prevailed in the market during the past week under
Acrylonitrile 1206 1223 -17
Adipic Acid 1077 1099 -22 review. Rapeseed oil was down by over 4%, and Cottonseed oil
Aniline 1187 1237 -50 fell by over 2%. Groundnut and Linseed oils moved down by over
Benzene 959 994 -35 a percent. Sunfl ower, Sesame and Castor oils remained steady.
Bisphenol-A 1279 1285 -6 Among imported oils, RBD palmolein and crude Palm fell by
Butyl Acetate 996 1009 -13 a percent and crude degummed Soyabean was down by over
Butyl Acrylate 1224 1250 -26 2.50%. In solvent extracted oils, Soyabean was down by 2%, while
n-Butanol 923 929 -6 Rice brans fell marginally and Neem oil remained unmoved.
Chloroform 388 385 3
Cyclohexane 1053 1049 4 Comparing the prices of some of the oils over the same period last
Cyclohexanone 1157 1187 -30 year, groundnut is cheaper by 7%. Rapeseed is costlier by 25%,
Dibutyl Phthalate 1128 1127 1 while linseed is costlier by 35% and sunfl ower is up by 52%.
Diethylene Glycol 633 632 1 Sesame is cheaper by 5% and castor is costlier by 4%, while
Dimethyl Formamide 584 581 3 cottonseed is costlier by 36%. Neem is costlier by 5%.
Dioctyl Phthalate 1123 1133 -10
Ethyl Acetate 785 778 7 Mar-2025 Mar-2025 Change Average Change
Ethyl Acrylate 1414 1449 -35 Name of oils
Ethylene Dichloride 300 302 -2 13th 07th [%] Mar-2024 [%]
Ethylene Glycol 642 642 – Local oils
2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate 1351 1400 -49
Formaldehyde 163 161 2 Groundnut oil 138,500 141,000 -1.77 148,854 -6.96
Hydrogen Peroxide 97 99 -2 Rapeseed oil 128,000 133,500 -4.12 102,367 25.04
Isobutyl Alcohol 1033 1076 -43
Isopropyl Alcohol 929 948 -19 Sunfl ower oil 137,000 137,000 – 89,896 52.40
Maleic Anhydride 925 908 17 Linseed oil 131,000 132,500 -1.13 96,896 35.20
Methanol 370 368 2
Methyl Ethyl Ketone 1063 1055 8 Sesame oil 240,000 240,000 – 253,250 -5.23
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone 1388 1375 13 Washed cottonseed oil 130,000 133,000 -2.26 95,604 35.98
Methylene Dichloride 357 331 26
Monoethanolamine 993 989 4 Castor oil (commercial) 128,000 128,000 – 122,771 4.26
Nitric Acid 216 218 -2 Imported oils
Phenol 1050 1067 -17
Phthalic Anhydride 991 959 32 RBD palmolein 134,500 136,000 -1.10 93,783 43.42
Polyvinyl Alcohol 1820 1788 32 Crude degummed soybean oil 124,500 127,800 -2.58 91,583 35.94
Propyl Acetate 1033 1058 -25
Propylene Glycol 836 855 -19 (ex-Mumbai)
Soda Ash 210 209 1 Crude palm oil (5%) (ex-Kandla) 132,300 133,800 -1.12 91,150 45.15
Styrene 1162 1169 -7
Terephthalic Acid 668 669 -1 Solvent extracted oils
Titanium Dioxide 2121 2103 18 Soyabean oil (Indore) 122,000 124,500 -2.01 92,646 31.68
Toluene 841 883 -42
Vinyl Acetate 839 836 3 Rice bran oil (RG-I) 106,000 106,500 -0.47 76,583 38.41
o-Xylene 1012 1007 5 Rice bran oil (RG-II) (industrial) 103,000 103,500 -0.48 73,583 39.98
Price in USD per mt Neem oil 166,000 166,000 – 158,087 5.01
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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