Gold prices have risen, bitcoin has skyrocketed, and the market prices of various precious metals have continued to rise ... News of 'soaring prices' for 'all kinds of prices' has been on the rise since the fourth quarter of 2017. Everyone's concern seems to revolve around these common elements, A small piece of 'rock' - fluorite, has been quietly rising prices as an important raw material for fluorine chemical materials, fluorite, hydrofluoric acid prices have hit a record high since 2011.
As of February 27, 2018, fluorite and hydrofluoric acid prices were respectively RMB 3000.00 yuan / ton and 15316.67 yuan / ton, up by 17.42% and 28.42% respectively from the end of November 2011. Prices of refrigerants and terminal downstream products also appeared correspondingly Going high, usher in 2018's 'good start'.
Quiet for many years fluorite and hydrofluoric acid market start bull market, what are the reasons behind? The traditional end of the fluorine chemical industry chain is mostly used in air conditioners, refrigerators and other appliances refrigerant industry, then the rising raw material prices, how will affect the appliances Refrigeration production costs? The rise in manufacturing costs will give consumers what to buy big appliances impact?
Market
Raw materials 'priceless market' from time to time, capacity is the incentive
There is a fruit must be due to the market there will be 'there is no market price' phenomenon, in fact, is caused by the imbalance between supply and demand as an important fluorine chemical raw materials, fluorite and hydrofluoric acid prices due to lack of supply and downstream markets The demand is boosted and released.
As a result of rigorous investigations into environmental protection in the Mainland in 2017, most domestic fluorite producers and hydrofluoric acid producers started partial shutdown and some even stopped production directly, resulting in a serious shortage of operating rates for domestic fluorine chemical raw materials. The overall operating rate was only 67% And last year during the Spring Festival approaching, the national average temperature below the level of previous years led some manufacturers to stop work early holiday, but also exacerbated the tightness of the market supply.'In the chemical industry research district lifts Dr. view, in addition to market supply Insufficient, the downstream refrigerant, surfactant and other commodity demand rise, the market boom also to some extent exacerbated the supply of fluorine chemical raw materials market contradiction, resulting in higher prices all the way.
Affected by soaring prices of fluorine chemical raw materials and the increasing sales of home appliances such as air conditioners, the prices of refrigerant products soared from January 2017 to January 2011. The figures show that as the price of household appliances, Dehumidifiers and other household appliances, the main refrigerant raw materials, R22, R125, R410a and other refrigerant products have increased in varying degrees, including R125 prices since September 2017 low, the cumulative increase is more than 60%.
The strong rise in the price of refrigerant products, electrical manufacturers will bring what effect? This round of price increases will be attached to the final consumer who?
The answers given by enterprises are basically: 'try not to affect the purchase side of the consumer side.'
Business response
Fluorine-free alternative + large-scale production and digestion high cost, 'no pressure on consumers'
'In the face of rising prices of refrigerant products, the cost control of manufacturing enterprises, how much will have an impact.' Gree Electric Appliances, Zhejiang Province, Huang Wenjun, head of the market, said that as a refrigerant demand 'big', such as air-conditioning this Products, in the face of rising refrigerant prices, refrigerator production costs will certainly increase, but Gree through large-scale production, coupled with the adjustment and upgrading of the company's industrial structure, has been trying to raw material prices pressure up.
'Prior to the production of products are basically high energy consumption, low energy efficiency, low prices, but through product restructuring and upgrading, we gradually guide consumers to buy those low-energy, energy-efficient intelligent frequency conversion products, through sales promotion Driven expansion of production scale, so the cost of procurement than the average small business has an advantage. "Huang Wenjun told reporters that Gree will not because of this wave of raw materials to air conditioners, refrigerators and other home appliances prices.
As a specialized manufacturer of refrigerators, the price of fluorine chemical raw materials, this round of price increases basically have no effect on the production of the enterprise. 'Because we are now using fluorine-free refrigerants as raw materials to do the product, so by The impact is relatively small, it will not affect the sale price of the terminal electrical appliances. "Zhejiang Huari Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. Deputy General Manager Sun Minhua said so.
This wave of chemical raw materials, although not much impact on the consumer side, but will not affect the average household electrical appliances aftermarket price impact? Reporters visited the Hangzhou area aftermarket repair shop several electrical appliances that the current aftermarket appliance repair market Prices have not been affected. 'For example, what to add freon air conditioning, and now one-time fill-in home price of about 280.' Mainly responsible for air-conditioning repair Master Zhang told reporters that this year are basically the basic price, not how Price rise.