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In previous years, December was the peak season for stocking and production of pesticides. However, this year, because the formulation dealers were more cautious about predicting the next year, the stocking plan was much lower than that of the same period last year, which caused downstream manufacturers to be caught off guard. There were few hot varieties in the market, and the overall market was stable. However, the inventory pressure of manufacturers has gradually eased with the digestion of the past few months, and some varieties have also experienced a tight supply situation, such as abamectin technical series, emamectin, chlorfenapyr technical, fenacetamide Original drug, propiconazole original drug, etc. In terms of technical medicines, this month, the supply of avermectin technical medicine series and emamectin salt is slightly tight, and the price is firm. Mainly; herbicides are relatively flat as a whole, glyphosate technical drugs and glufosinate technical drugs are still falling, and the Northeast herbicide market has not placed orders for a long time, resulting in cornfield and soybean field herbicide manufacturers who dare not place orders easily, and the transaction volume Relatively sluggish; the overall demand for fungicides is still weak, and the market is gradually declining. However, due to the hype of p-chlorotoluene this month, the original drug of tebuconazole and propiconazole in the market is relatively tight, especially the original drug of propiconazole , In the second half of the month, the supply was tight and prices rose. The crude oil market fell sharply this month. Although it rebounded at the end of the month, the overall decline was relatively large, breaking the low value in 2004. The petrochemical intermediates such as triphenyl, phenolic ketone, acrylonitrile and acetonitrile were consolidating at a low level, and the demand was extremely weak. The commodity market is not optimistic. The Bloomberg Commodity Index is even lower than the last economic crisis by more than 20%; phosphorus chemical, fluorine chemical, chlor-alkali chemical and other markets are still weak, liquid chlorine fluctuates and consolidates, bromine chemical is affected by seasonality, and bromine has been all the way this month. Increase, the increase is larger. The operating rate of the upstream chemical industry is extremely low, and the demand is extremely poor. Some manufacturers have reduced production and stopped production, and the overall market is mainly destocking.