Shanghai Market Price of Chemical Products during May 2005
Product                                 Specification                    Price (RMB/t)
                                                                Top    Bottom   Avg.  Avg. of
                                                                                       May-04
Inorganic chemicals                                                     
Ammonium Chloride                       99%                     9000    1350    2828    1395
Baking Soda                             Food grade              1500    1320    1394    1387
Barium Carbonate                        99%                     18000   1500    5255    1931
Barium Chloride                         A grade                 3000    2300    2675    2145
Borax (Sodium Borate)                   95%                     3400    2650    2939    3007
Boric Acid                              99.5%                   6100    5200    5534    5181
Calcium Carbonate                       light                   900     400     722     785
Caustic Soda                            99%, flake              3600    2500    3185    2524
Hydrochloric acid                       31%                     700     520     621     610
Hydrofluoric Acid                       40%                     5000    3800    4225    3767
Hydrogen Peroxide                       27.5%                   1650    1250    1414    1497
Iodine, purified                        99.9%                   175000  168000  171500  151000
Lithopone                               B301                    3500    3000    3274    3169
Magnesium Carbonate                     light, A grade          4500    3800    4150    4033
Nitric acid                             98%                     2800    2300    2550    1700
Potassium Chloride                      98%                     2600    2500    2525    1833
Potassium Dichromate                    99.5%                   13600 &n