Caustic soda up on short supply

Caustic soda prices rose by Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital today on account of firm demand from consuming industries amid short supply.  

Caustic soda flake rose by Rs 50 to Rs 1,350-1,450 per 50 kg. 

Market analysts said apart from good demand from detergent manufacturers, tight supplies from producing belts also pushed up caustic soda prices in the wholesale chemical market here.  

Following are today's quotations:

Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 900-2,200, acetic acid (1 kg) Rs 44-46, ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 475-525, boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 3,200-3,700, borex granular (50 kg) Rs 1,800-2,000

Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,350-1,450, citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,600-4,400, citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,700-4,500, camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 400, camphor powder (1 kg) Rs 390

glycerine (1 kg) Rs 110-120, hexamine (1 kg) Rs 82, hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 33-35, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,275, menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 1,230 and mentha oil (1 kg) Rs 1,175

Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 80-85 Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 95 Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 95 Residue wax (p tonne) Rs 41,000 Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,025 Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 975 Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW) Rs 975 Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 975

Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 100-120 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha Rs 88 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 55 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 110-133 Sodium silicate (Qtl) Rs 1,050-1,200 Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 1,700-1,900

Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 1,850-2,100 Sodium bio-carbonate (50 kg) Rs 1,025 Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 325-340 Tartaric acid france (1 kg) Rs 440 Thymol (1 kg) Rs 640 Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 150-200 Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,400-2,700 Zinc oxide (Kg) 110-120