China Petrochemical Price Movement – 18 May 2026

Solvents and aromatics

Acetone market rebounds: What’s driving the latest price recovery?

Chloroform market today: What triggered the latest price pullback?

Phenol market rebounds sharply: What’s driving the latest price recovery?

Toluene market firms up: What’s behind the latest price rise?

Benzene market firms up: What’s behind the latest price recovery?

Petrochemical intermediates

Maleic anhydride market slips: What’s behind the latest price dip?

Acetic acid market weakens again: What’s behind the latest price dip?

Ethylene glycol/DEG market rebounds: What’s fueling the latest price jump?

82-Ethylhexanol market drops sharply: What’s driving the latest price fall?

Ethylene oxide market turns higher: What’s behind the latest price uptick?

Adipic acid market climbs higher: What’s driving the latest price rise?

Aniline market comes under pressure: What triggered the latest price fall?

DOP market under pressure: What triggered the latest price slide?

Inorganics and industrial chemicals

Phosphorus yellow market surges higher: What’s fueling the latest price jump?

Soda ash market softens again: What’s behind the latest price dip?

Sulphuric acid market eases: What’s behind the latest price dip?

Titanium dioxide market pulls back: What triggered the latest price drop?