Key Highlights
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Restrained mining and tasked environmental compliance in China limited global fluorspar supply, raising anhydrous hydrofluoric acid production costs in all major consuming regions.
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Increased purchasing from refrigerants, fluoropolymers, and electronics sectors led to the drive and momentum of restocking ahead of winter.
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Japan&#xx;s high import costs from China and Mexico, Brazil&#xx;s strong demand with lower freight costs that brought high demand/supply and India kept stability with steady domestic production.
During the first week of September xxxx, anhydrous hydrofluoric acid markets across Japan, China, Brazil, and India saw a slight yet widespread increase. This increase is primarily attributable to seasonal recovery in industrial activities, initial restocking by most downstream regions, and declining fluorspar supply which started to put upward cost pressure on anhydrous hydrofluoric acid. The fluorocarbon sector started to ramp up for winter while the electronics, fluoropolymers, and specialty chemical sectors enjoyed stable volume procurement. While freight costs...
