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Melamine Weekly Report: Enterprise Shipments Under Pressure, Quotes Narrowly Ease (Jun.19-Jun.25)

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Melamine Weekly Report: Enterprise Shipments Under Pressure, Quotes Narrowly Ease (Jun.19-Jun.25)

1. Market Focus This Week

Production: Melamine weekly output reached 32,700 tonnes, up 3.48% week-on-week.
Raw Materials: The domestic urea market ran weak this week. As of Thursday, mainstream ex-factory prices for small and medium granular urea in Shandong rose to RMB 1,800–1,840/tonne, with the average price up RMB 20/tonne week-on-week.

2. Market Analysis This Week

This week, the domestic melamine market continued its modest weakening trend, with enterprises adjusting prices mostly in the RMB 50–100/tonne range. As of Thursday, mainstream ex-factory quotations for atmospheric-pressure units were concentrated at RMB 5,500–5,600/tonne. During the week, production units in Hebei, Shanxi, Chongqing, and other regions underwent maintenance and restart simultaneously, leading to a slight recovery in overall industry capacity utilization. Spot supply remained relatively ample.

On the demand side, performance stayed persistently weak; most domestic downstream end-user enterprises operated only a single production line, prioritizing the digestion of existing inventories, resulting in low raw material procurement and consumption. Although ocean freight costs declined in the export market, current domestic melamine quotations lacked attractiveness for foreign buyers, limiting the growth of export orders. Upstream raw material prices continued to fluctuate and weaken, failing to provide support for melamine prices.

Overall, the market lacked positive catalysts, manufacturers faced significant shipment resistance, and the market trend continued its weak downward adjustment. Looking ahead to next week, there is no near-term expectation of improvement in industry fundamentals. Coupled with further downside potential in urea prices, bearish factors dominate the market. Melamine prices are expected to remain under pressure and edge slightly lower.

3. Market Influencing Factors

Hebei Jiuyuan's unit resumed production this week. Next week, Anhui Huaertai and Chongqing Jianfeng units are scheduled to restart. Industry capacity utilization is expected to see limited change, with the average around 59%.
Market demand remains flat. End-user enterprises consume raw materials at a moderate pace, with most adopting sporadic purchasing as their main strategy.

4. Market Forecast for Next Week

Supply: Next week, idled enterprises in Anhui, Chongqing, and other regions plan to resume production. Industry capacity utilization is expected to rise, further loosening spot resources.

Demand: Both domestic and foreign demand remain relatively soft, with no signs of temporary improvement.

Raw Materials: The urea market is expected to fluctuate mainly within a range. This volatile trend affects the sentiment of midstream and downstream users and provides limited support to the melamine market.

Overall: Bearish factors continue to dominate the market. The market trend is expected to maintain its weak posture, with prices likely to loosen slightly downward within a narrow range.Impact on Downstream Flame Retardant Market

5. conclusion

The continued weakening of melamine prices is gradually affecting the downstream flame retardant market. Melamine is a core raw material for halogen-free nitrogen-based flame retardants such as MCA (melamine cyanurate) and MPP (melamine polyphosphate). The easing of raw material prices directly undermines the cost support for flame retardants. Currently, MCA flame retardant ex-factory prices remain in the mid-range; however, the sustained decline in melamine prices, combined with weak downstream demand, has passively expanded profit margins for flame retardant enterprises, while also intensifying pressure from downstream buyers seeking lower prices. In the short term, the lack of support from the raw material side suggests the flame retardant market will likely continue its stable-to-weak pattern. Downstream modified plastics and cable compound enterprises may consider this low raw material price window as a procurement opportunity.