Shanghai Market Price of Chemical Products during June 2005
Product                                 Specification                           Price (RMB/t)
                                                                Top    Bottom   Avg.  Avg. of
                                                                                       Jun-04
Inorganic chemicals     
Ammonium Chloride                       99%                     9000    1350    2760    1660
Baking Soda                             Food grade              1500    1200    1364    1364
Barium Carbonate                        99%                     18000   1500    6052    1975
Barium Chloride                         A grade                 3200    2300    2700    2167
Borax (Sodium Borate)                   95%                     3400    2550    2892    2996
Boric Acid                              99.5%                   6100    4800    5423    5248
Calcium Carbonate                       light                   900     400     674     770
Caustic Soda                            99%, flake              3600    2450    3096    2498
Hydrochloric acid                       31%                     700     490     600     628
Hydrofluoric Acid                       40%                     4200    3800    4133    3763
Hydrogen Peroxide                       27.5%                   1650    1250    1443    1504
Iodine, purified                        99.9%                   175000  168000  171500  156250
Lithopone                               B301                    3500    3000    3324    3176
Magnesium Carbonate                     light, A grade          4500    4500    4500    3800
Nitric acid                             98%                     2800    2300    2500    1700
Potassium Chloride                      98%                     3000    2500    2558    1924
Potassium Dichromate                    99.5%                   13600   12000   13038   9900
Potassium Iodide                        99.9%  &nbs