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Weekly report of China TCS market (Jan. 2nd -6th)

The TCS market continues the slackness this week. Neither the price nor sales sees any sign of recovery. Downturn haunts the whole silicon industry, polysilicon market in particular, but TCS makers are still looking for effective turning points to shake off the shadow of slackness. It seems impossible for the polysilicon market to be changed before the Spring Festival holiday, the TCS market is in the same situation without demand support from downstream market. However, sharp price slump is also impossible since enterprises have no desire to further lower quotations in consideration of profits. The mainstream price of TCS remains at the price range of RMB5,000-5,400/t, with even lower quotations in some regions. The overall sales are not optimistic due to low operating rates of polysilicon.

Without demand support of polysilicon market, TCS manufacturers are looking for new ways to maintain low operating rates. A TCS manufacturer with a capacity of 60,000t/a is able to produce and market by itself by virtue of its downstream advantages. A producer in Henan is still struggling to maintain normal production and sales, with quotations of RMB5,000-5,400/t. Apart from the polysilicon market, the silane coupling agent market is also the target market for TCS manufacturers.

The liquid market continues the downward trend due to low operating rates of liquid chlorine consuming enterprises. With the approaching of Spring Festival holiday, the production halt will get worse in the downstream market, which will result in few inquiries in the liquid chlorine market. It takes time for the liquid chlorine market to recover.

Despite the temporary stabilization of polysilicon price, the polysilicon market doesn’t see any encouraging news as expected in January. Most enterprises’ plans for price increase end in naught due to the uncertainty in demand. The mainstream price of polysilicon still stabilizes at the price range of RMB210,000-220,000/t in the domestic market, while that of the imported one remains at USD27-28/t. The price stagnation has frustrated many more enterprises. With the approaching of Spring Festival Holiday, the production halt situation will get worse in the silicon wafer market. That is to say, the demand for polysilicon will see a decrease accordingly. If polysilicon enterprises choose to halt production at such period, the cost of restart will be extremely high for them. Holding watching attitudes may be the best choice in most enterprises’ eyes.

The temporary price stabilization of TCS price doesn’t mean the recovery of the market. It takes time for the TCS market to recover and most enterprises are expected to continue to hold watching attitudes.

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