For the Quarter Ending September 2025
North America
• In the United States, Fluorobenzene Price Index fell in Q3 2025, influenced by soft chemical demand and global oversupply.
• Fluorobenzene production costs rose in Q3 2025, driven by a 3.0% year-over-year CPI increase in September 2025.
• Producer Price Index (PPI) rising 2.6% year-over-year in August 2025 increased Fluorobenzene manufacturing expenses.
• Demand for Fluorobenzene constrained by very slow industrial production growth of 0.1% year-over-year in September 2025.
• Overall chemical inventories remained elevated in Q3 2025, contributing to market oversupply and downward price pressure.
• Ample benzene inventories and strengthening natural gas prices in Q3 2025 impacted Fluorobenzene cost dynamics.
• Consumer confidence declined to 94.2 in September 2025, dampening Fluorobenzene demand in discretionary sectors.
• Robust retail sales (5.42% YoY September 2025) contrasted with weakened new manufacturing orders, affecting demand.
• Fluorobenzene price forecast indicates continued stability or slight downward pressure from persistent oversupply and weak industrial signals.
Why did the price of Fluorobenzene change in September 2025 in North America?
• Soft chemical industry demand and global oversupply contributed to the Fluorobenzene price decline.
• Very slow industrial production growth (0.1% YoY September 2025) dampened Fluorobenzene consumption.
• Elevated overall chemical inventories and ample benzene supplies exerted downward pressure.
APAC
• In China, the Fluorobenzene Price Index fell quarter-over-quarter in Q3 2025, due to weak industrial demand and declining input costs.
• Fluorobenzene production costs decreased in Q3 2025, as benzene feedstock costs dropped and PPI fell -2.3% in September.
• Demand faced pressure from a contracting Manufacturing Index in September 2025, despite industrial production expanding 6.5% year-on-year.
• Overall chemical demand in China softened in Q3 2025, contributing to sector overcapacity and downward price pressure.
• Retail sales increased 3.0% year-on-year in September 2025, offering indirect support to Fluorobenzene end-use applications.
• Consumer confidence at 89.6 and CPI at -0.3% in September 2025 indicated consumer pessimism and weak overall demand.
• Global overcapacity in chemical building blocks and high benzene inventories suggested ample Fluorobenzene supply in Q3 2025.
• Unemployment remained stable at 5.2% in September 2025, providing underlying economic stability amidst bearish signals.
Why did the price of Fluorobenzene change in September 2025 in APAC?
• Producer Price Index declined -2.3% in September 2025, indicating lower factory gate prices and weak industrial demand.
• Benzene feedstock costs dropped in Q3 2025, directly reducing Fluorobenzene production expenses, lowering prices.
• A contracting Manufacturing Index in September 2025, coupled with chemical overcapacity, depressed Fluorobenzene demand.
Europe
• In Germany, the Fluorobenzene Price Index fell in Q3 2025, driven by weak industrial demand and ample regional supply.
• Fluorobenzene production costs faced pressure from high operating costs in Q3 2025, despite easing energy prices.
• The Fluorobenzene demand outlook was bearish in Q3 2025, as Germany's Manufacturing Index was contracting.
• Industrial production declined 1.0% in September 2025, reducing Fluorobenzene demand in industrial applications.
• Benzene feedstock prices in Germany were bearish in August 2025, influenced by falling feedstock costs.
• High European benzene stock levels in Q3 2025 intensified competition, pressuring Fluorobenzene prices downward.
• German chemical exports faced negative impacts from new US tariffs in Q3 2025, affecting trade flows.
• The Fluorobenzene Price Forecast suggests continued stability or slight declines due to persistent weak demand and high inventories.
• Producer prices decreased 1.7% in September 2025, mainly due to lower energy costs, benefiting Fluorobenzene producers.
Why did the price of Fluorobenzene change in September 2025 in Europe?
• Contracting Manufacturing Index in Q3 2025 and weak industrial demand curtailed Fluorobenzene procurement.
• Lower energy prices, reflected by a 1.7% PPI decrease in September 2025, reduced Fluorobenzene costs.
• High European benzene stock levels and intensified import competition pressured Fluorobenzene prices downward.
