Shanghai Market Price of Chemical Products during April 2005
Product                                 Specification                           Price (RMB/t)
                                                                Top    Bottom   Avg.  Avg. of
                                                                                       Apr-04
Inorganic chemicals
Ammonium Chloride                       99%                     9000    1350    2965    1378
Baking Soda                             Food grade              1500    1300    1399    1377
Barium Carbonate                        99%                     18000   1500    5340    2121
Barium Chloride                         A grade                 3000    2300    2630    2167
Borax (Sodium Borate)                   95%                     3400    2650    2954    3028
Boric Acid                              99.5%                   6200    5050    5503    5055
Calcium Carbonate                       light                   900     600     630     685
Caustic Soda                            99%, flake              3800    2500    3183    2368
Hydrochloric acid                       31%                     700     550     639     611
Hydrofluoric Acid                       40%                     5000    3800    4023    3622
Hydrogen Peroxide                       27.5%                   1650    1250    1400    1359
"Iodine, purified"                      99.9%                   175000  168000  171500  143000
Lithopone                               B301                    3500    3000    3207    3140
Magnesium Carbonate                     light, A grade          4200    3800    3880    3700
Nitric acid                             98%                     2800    2300    2550    1700
Potassium Chloride                      98%                     2600    2200    2493    1744
Potassium Dichromate                    99.5%                   13600   12000   12930   10233
Potassium Iodide                        99.9%      &n