Caustic soda prices were up by Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital today due to fall in supplies from producing belts amid rising demand from consuming industries.
Caustic soda flake rose by Rs 50 to Rs 2,100-2,150 per 50 kg.
Marketmen said apart from good demand from detergent manufacturers, tight supplies from producing regions pushed up caustic soda prices at the wholesale chemical market here.
Following are today's quotations:
Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 1,100-2,000, Acetic acid (1 kg) Rs 53-57, Ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 550-650, Boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 4,100-4,800, Borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,200-2,500.
Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 2,100-2,150, Citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 2,950-3,250, Citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,000-3,500, Camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 320, Camphor powder (1kg) Rs 285, Glycerin (1 kg) Rs 140-160, Hexamine (1kg) Rs 92, Hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 35-50, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,010, menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 990 and mentha oil (1kg) Rs 965.
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 72
Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 100
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 86
Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,330
Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 1,330
Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW) Rs 1,330
Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 1,310
Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 130-160
Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha Rs 140 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 125 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 140-183 Sodium silicate(50 kg) Rs 1,050-1,400
Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 2,225-2,325
Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 2,650-2,750
Sodium bio-carbonate-tata (50 kg) Rs 1,340 Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 500-700 Tartaric acid France (1 kg) Rs 495
Thymol (1 kg) Rs 410
Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 120-350
Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,600-2,700 Zinc oxide (Kg) 140-180.
