歐洲甲醇現貨價格下跌

據ICIS網站6月8日消息 歐洲甲醇供應過剩繼續主導市場，需求改善無法避免上周的一些現貨交易走低。

現貨交易開始較前一周略有下降，周二公布的價格為162歐元/噸。

隨著本周的進展，現貨價格進一步下跌，投資者變得更加克制，并重新調整了對6月份的預期。

歐洲甲醇現貨價格中值較前一周下跌0.50歐元/噸。

繼美國和亞洲本周價格下跌后，歐洲是自2019年7月以來首次出現甲醇現貨價格最高的地區。

供過于求

盡管本月需求可能有所改善，但與前兩個月相比，鹿特丹仍有剩余材料。

一位生產商表示：“需求緩慢回升的跡象很好，但較為緩慢。另一方面，我們確實在全球擁有相當高的庫存。美國、歐洲和亞洲，尤其是在中國，它們必須先消化這些庫存，然后才能啟動新的需求。”

一些生產商建議，為了幫助市場平衡在第三季度恢復，需要進一步停產。

甲醇主要用于生產甲醛、甲基叔丁基醚（MTBE）和乙酸。

少量用于生產對苯二甲酸二甲酯（DMT）、甲基丙烯酸甲酯（MMA）、氯代甲烷、甲胺、乙二醇甲醚以及燃料應用，如二甲醚（DME）、生物柴油和直接摻入汽油。

王磊 摘譯自 ICIS

原文如下：

Europe methanol spot prices fall as oversupply offsets improved demand

European methanol oversupply continues to dominate the market and an improvement in demand could not avoid some lower spot trades last week.

Spot trading started at a slight decrease from the previous week, with €162/tonne reported on Tuesday.

As the week progressed, spot prices came down further with players becoming more subdued and re-adjusting their expectations for June.

The European methanol spot price mid-point softened by €0.50/tonne from the previous week.

Following price drops in the US and Asia this week, Europe is the highest-priced region for methanol spot for the first time since July 2019.

OVERSUPPLY DOMINATES

Although demand is likely to improve this month, in comparison with the previous two months, surplus material remains in Rotterdam.

"There are good signs of slow demand picking up, slow degrees yes. But on the other side we do have fairly high inventory and stock globally; US, Europe and Asia, mainly in China - they have to swallow that first, before kick-off new demand," said a producer.

Some players suggested that further production outages need to be carried out in order to help the market balance recover over Q3.

Methanol is primarily used to produce formaldehyde, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and acetic acid.

Smaller amounts go into production of dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), methyl methacrylate (MMA), chloromethanes, methylamines, glycol methyl ethers, and fuels applications such dimethyl ether (DME), biodiesel and the direct blending into gasoline.