R410A Air Conditioning Refrigerant were in a difficult situation in August. Due to continued weak demand and insufficient raw materials, refrigerant prices fell and the center of gravity was low. The air-conditioning industry started to enter the off-season this month. The output of production enterprises dropped sharply, the demand for refrigerants was scarce, and the transactions were low. At the same time, there was a lot of rain this month. Decrease, the demand side is difficult to boost the market. The market prices of fluorite and anhydrous hydrofluoric acid at the raw material end have fallen, and the chloroform market has been operating stably, weakening its support for refrigerants. On the whole, the cost and demand sides of refrigerants are both weak, refrigerant manufacturers are not operating high, and prices are likely to continue to fall.

R134a, the price of the refrigerant R134a fell to the end in August, with a sharp drop of 6.95% throughout the month. The support of hydrofluoric acid on the cost side has weakened, the peak season for stocking in the auto market has passed, the purchase of refrigerants has dropped sharply, there are not many new orders, the recovery of exports has been slow, the company’s shipments have been under pressure, prices have fallen sharply, and some have cost upside down. The industry has a pessimistic mentality, and at the same time new production capacity plans to enter the market, the contradiction of oversupply will intensify, and the center of gravity of R134a will continue to fall. According to the price monitoring of the business agency, as of August 25, the price of refrigerant R134a in the mainstream manufacturers in the market was around 15,000-yuan/ton, and the actual transaction price was around 14500-15,000 yuan/ton, and the price was lowered.

Analysts of Heptafluoropropane HFC-227EA believe that the demand for August was poor, the refrigerant market was bleak, the inventory of R134a refrigerant was high, and new production capacity entered the market at the same time, and the price is expected to continue to decline. On the whole, it is difficult for the refrigerant market to change significantly. As September is about to enter, it is hard to find good news on the market. It is expected that refrigerants may continue to be weak, and it is hard to be optimistic.