Caustic Soda World Prices Keep On Growing In Europe, Stay Stable In Usa And Fall In Asia In The Beginning Of 2009

摘要

According to the research 'Caustic soda: 2009 World Market Outlook and Forecast' by Merchant Research & Consulting, the prices for liquid and solid caustic soda were constantly growing during 2008 in Europe and North America. In Asia prices were climbing up until the middle of 2008 but than they began to fall.rnCaustic soda market was in tight position as chlorine demand fell sharply during the second half of 2008. In general chlor-alkali industry was characterized by low production rates and the situation is likely to continue till the middle of 2009.rnWith major economies like the US and Japan, Europe now in a recession, the demand for caustic soda and chlorine is getting lower.