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China Chemical Market Vegetable Oil Market

Prices as on April 29, 2025
Name of Chemicals 29th April-2025 22nd April-2025 Change Linseed, Castor and Groundnut move down
Acetone 826 826
Acrylic Acid 1040 1040 The vegetable oils market was fairly subdued during the past week
Acrylonitrile 1177 1177
Adipic Acid 1005 1005 under review. Linseed and Castor oils fell by almost 1.50%, while
Aniline 1035 1035 Cottonseed and Groundnut oils eased lower by over 0.75%. Rapeseed,
Benzene 877 877 Sesame and Sunfl ower oils held fi rm. Among imported oils, RBD
Bisphenol-A 1239 1239 palmolein was down by over 1.50%, while crude Palm remained
Butyl Acetate 953 953 unmoved and crude degummed Soyabean eased higher by around
Butyl Acrylate 1194 1194 0.80%. In solvent extracted oils, Soyabean was steady, Rice brans
n-Butanol 877 877 fell by around 0.50% and Neem oil was up by 1.20%. Comparing
Chloroform 380 380 the prices of some of the oils over the same period last year,
Cyclohexane 1044 1044 groundnut is cheaper by 12%. Rapeseed is costlier by 29%,
Cyclohexanone 1060 1060
Dibutyl Phthalate 1122 1122 while linseed is costlier by 36% and sunflower is up by 52%.
Diethylene Glycol 606 606 Sesame is cheaper by 3% and castor is costlier by 13%, while
Dimethyl Formamide 591 591 cottonseed is costlier by 31%. Neem is costlier by 5%.
Dioctyl Phthalate 1121 1121
Ethyl Acetate 762 762 Apr-2025 Apr-2025 Change Average Change
Ethyl Acrylate 1401 1401 Name of oils
Ethylene Dichloride 269 269 25th 18th [%] Apr-2024 [%]
Ethylene Glycol 598 598 Local oils
2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate 1260 1260
Formaldehyde 161 161 Groundnut oil 131,000 132,000 -0.76 148,646 -11.87
Hydrogen Peroxide 94 94 Rapeseed oil 132,000 132,000 – 102,125 29.25
Isobutyl Alcohol 984 984
Isopropyl Alcohol 899 899 Sunfl ower oil 133,500 133,500 – 88,146 51.45
Maleic Anhydride 911 911 Linseed oil 127,500 129,500 -1.54 94,083 35.52
Methanol 332 332
Methyl Ethyl Ketone 1021 1021 Sesame oil 240,000 240,000 – 247,375 -2.98
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone 1287 1287 Washed cottonseed oil 127,000 128,000 -0.78 97,208 30.65
Methylene Dichloride 297 297
Monoethanolamine 938 938 Castor oil (commercial) 135,000 137,000 -1.46 119,833 12.66
Nitric Acid 214 214 Imported oils
Phenol 954 954
Phthalic Anhydride 985 985 RBD palmolein 125,500 127,500 -1.57 94,933 32.20
Polyvinyl Alcohol 1809 1809 Crude degummed soybean oil 122,600 121,600 0.82 90,704 35.16
Propyl Acetate 950 950
Propylene Glycol 875 875 (ex-Mumbai)
Soda Ash 192 192 Crude palm oil (5%) (ex-Kandla) 121,400 121,400 – 91,842 32.18
Styrene 1080 1080
Terephthalic Acid 595 595 Solvent extracted oils
Titanium Dioxide 2132 2132 Soyabean oil (Indore) 119,500 119,500 – 91,000 31.32
Toluene 769 769
Vinyl Acetate 828 828 Rice bran oil (RG-I) 107,500 108,000 -0.46 79,542 35.15
o-Xylene 975 975 Rice bran oil (RG-II) (industrial) 104,500 105,000 -0.48 76,542 36.53
Price in USD per mt Neem oil 164,000 162,000 1.23 156,833 4.57
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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