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China Chemical Market Vegetable Oil Market

Prices as on July 8, 2025
Name of Chemicals 8th July-2025 1st July-2025 Change Rapeseed and Linseed fi rm up; Castor falls
Acetone 671 725 -54
Acrylic Acid 1014 1003 11 Mixed trend prevailed in the market during the past week under
Acrylonitrile 1112 1122 -10
Adipic Acid 1019 1031 -12 review. Rapeseed oil moved up by around 4%, and Cottonseed oil gained
Aniline 1008 1137 -129 over 3%. Linseed oil fi rmed by about 1.50%, while Sunfl ower oil gained
Benzene 812 833 -21 almost a percent. Castor oil was down by over 2.50%. Groundnut and
Bisphenol-A 1145 1180 -35 Sesame oils remained steady. Among imported oils, RBD palmolein was
Butyl Acetate 944 945 -1 up by over 0.40%, crude Palm fell marginally and crude degummed
Butyl Acrylate 1141 1148 -7 Soyabean eased up by almost 1.70%. In solvent extracted oils, Soyabean
n-Butanol 891 907 -16 was down by over 5%, Rice brans gained over 1.40% and Neem oil
Chloroform 228 215 13 was up by over by 0.60%. Comparing the prices of some of the oils
Cyclohexane 1019 1021 -2 over the same period last year, groundnut is cheaper by 11%. Rapeseed
Cyclohexanone 988 1015 -27
Dibutyl Phthalate 1091 1103 -12 is costlier by 32%, while linseed is costlier by 39% and sunfl ower is up
Diethylene Glycol 640 670 -30 by 37%. Sesame is cheaper by 2% and castor is costlier by 17%, while
Dimethyl Formamide 593 584 9 cottonseed is costlier by 38%. Neem is costlier by a percent.
Dioctyl Phthalate 1153 1156 -3
Ethyl Acetate 763 763 – July-2025 June-2025 Change Average Change
Ethyl Acrylate 1494 1497 -3 Name of oils
Ethylene Dichloride 258 255 3 04th 27th [%] June-2024 [%]
Ethylene Glycol 615 618 -3 Local oils
2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate 1302 1298 4
Formaldehyde 151 152 -1 Groundnut oil 137,500 137,500 – 154,278 -10.88
Hydrogen Peroxide 102 103 -1 Rapeseed oil 153,500 148,000 3.72 116,537 31.72
Isobutyl Alcohol 879 861 18
Isopropyl Alcohol 835 858 -23 Sunfl ower oil 126,000 125,000 0.80 91,870 37.15
Maleic Anhydride 862 875 -13 Linseed oil 140,000 138,000 1.45 100,630 39.12
Methanol 338 393 -55
Methyl Ethyl Ketone 1168 1087 81 Sesame oil 240,000 240,000 – 245,667 -2.31
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone 1159 1175 -16 Washed cottonseed oil 128,000 124,000 3.23 92,833 37.88
Methylene Dichloride 310 295 15
Monoethanolamine 880 878 2 Castor oil (commercial) 145,000 149,000 -2.68 123,593 17.32
Nitric Acid 199 203 -4 Imported oils
Phenol 914 933 -19
Phthalic Anhydride 951 963 -12 RBD palmolein 116,000 115,500 0.43 90,970 27.51
Polyvinyl Alcohol 1626 1707 -81 Crude degummed soybean oil 114,300 112,400 1.69 92,688 23.32
Propyl Acetate 951 954 -3
Propylene Glycol 868 886 -18 (ex-Mumbai)
Soda Ash 165 177 -12 Crude palm oil (5%) (ex-Kandla) 106,600 106,900 -0.28 86,011 23.94
Styrene 1105 1126 -21
Terephthalic Acid 695 714 -19 Solvent extracted oils
Titanium Dioxide 1907 1976 -69 Soyabean oil (Indore) 110,500 116,500 -5.15 90,315 22.35
Toluene 790 849 -59
Vinyl Acetate 774 759 15 Rice bran oil (RG-I) 107,000 105,500 1.42 86,889 23.15
o-Xylene 977 980 -3 Rice bran oil (RG-II) (industrial) 104,000 102,500 1.46 83,111 25.13
Price in USD per mt Neem oil 158,000 157,000 0.64 155,722 1.46
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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