8We are glad to inform you that we are doubling our coverage of chemicals
8As a start we are providing you prices for the following products such as Tetrachloroethylene, Trichloromethane, Dichloromethane, Soda Ash, Hydrogen Peroxide, Liquid Chlorine, Liquid Alkali, MDI, Isophthalic Acid, TDI, DMC, VAE emulsion

8We are also including prices for around 25 grades of fibres
8Prices are given here for Delhi, Ahmedabad and Mumbai
8As we go along, our coverage will widen and deepen
8Along with key analysis and ex-work price data

The caustic-chlorine industry in India witnessed a cyclical downturn after H1FY20 which was further exacerbated during FY21 owing to the Covid-19 pandemic-related contraction in demand from major end-use industries
8Prices fell to a decadal low
8But from March this year, the sector seems to be crawling back to health
8The situation however is complicated by the fact that a capacity of around 7 lakh MTPA of caustic soda (which comprises around 15% of existing installed capacity in India) are under implementation by various industry players, and this bring about downward pressure on prices going ahead

8This refers to Deepak Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd
8See the speciality chemicals business review section

8Clariant, one of the world's largest speciality chemicals company, in India is head quartered in Mumbai and it specializes in the areas of care chemicals, plastics and coatings, and catalysts
8The company has manufacturing facilities in locations across India
8And it does some next-generation work right here in India

8There will an e-auction of scrips issued under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)
8This will be done on a single bid system basis
8Are you interested?

8IPA sales volumes declined by 11.2% Y-o-Y due to high base last year
8IPA prices during first half of CY 2020 had seen an unprecedented global IPA price surge of about 90% due to the first COVID hit
8Current quarter has seen a general mellowing down in IPA prices

8Gastech 2021, which takes place in Dubai from 13-16 September 2021, will enable the global gas, LNG, hydrogen, and energy industry to evaluate new business opportunities and source the solutions required to thrive, as disruptive forces accelerate the transition to cleaner energy

8Are you keen on doing business in Argentina
8Know all about the chemical and agrochemical industry in this South American country

8There is a requirement for 25,000 tonnes of sulphur
8Anyone interested to bid?

8Two SM cargoes are coming in at Hazira
8Also another cargo is arriving at JNPT

8SK Carbon is bringing in a cargo of carbon black feed stock
8Find out where SK Carbon is sourcing its CBFS cargo from

8Get phosphoric acid import data here
8Shipment schedules, how much, and who is bringing them in

8A chemical cargo is coming in
8Coming from Richards Bay it is being imported by KLJ pasticizers

8GACL is shipping in a cargo of caustic coda lye
8August 16 is the arrival date

8Get the daily dry bulk line up report for all imports
8Portwise data is carried here

8Get an update of all daily tanker movements into India

8A detailed update on vessels and ports is carried here
8Get the data as of today evening

RIL is a large importer of chemicals
Currently, it has cargoes lined up for
8Acetic acid
8Paraxylene
8Ortho xylene
8Benzene
8Ethane

8IIFCO is importing three ammonia cargoes
8Total cargo weight is around 91 lakh tonnes

8A daily update on ammonia shipments is carried here
8Find the ports where the shipments will be delivered

8A very small LPG csrgo is coming from Male
8Find out who is importing this 5000 tonne cargo

Large quantities of LPG coming in for IOCL
The shipments are coming in from:
8Ras Tanura
8Yanbu
8Ras Laffan
8Saudi Arabia

820000 tonnes of LPG arriving at Haldia tomorrow
8HPCL is sourcing this cargo out of UAE

As of today, GAIL is the largest customer at Shell's Hazira terminal
8Of the four cargoes lined up for which data is available with us, three belongs to GAIL
8The fourth cargo is for RIL, whose imports have come down significantly, now that it is taking gas from out of its own discoveries in the KG Basin