Major Chemical Products Prices in Shanghai Zhongshan Chemical Market during August 2005
Product                                 Specification                   Price (RMB/t)
                                                                 Top   Bottom   Avg.   Avg. of
                                                                                        Aug-04
Inorganic chemicals
Ammonium Chloride                       99%                     9000    1350    2884    2106
Baking Soda                             Food grade              1500    1150    1312    1328
Barium Carbonate                        99%                     18000   1500    6014    3966
Barium Chloride                         A grade                 3200    2300    2502    2200
Borax (Sodium Borate)                   95%                     3400    2600    2913    3012
Boric Acid                              99.5%                   6000    4600    5238    5417
Calcium Carbonate                       light                   900     400     709     775
Caustic Soda                            99%, flake              3500    2500    3104    2462
Hydrochloric acid                       31%                     750     500     632     653
Hydrofluoric Acid                       40%                     4200    3800    4100    3981
Hydrogen Peroxide                       27.5%                   1700    1050    1398    1544
"Iodine, purified"                      99.9%                   168000  168000  168000  152000
Lithopone                               B301                    3600    3000    3386    3174
Magnesium Carbonate                     light, A grade          4500    4500    4500    3800
Nitric acid                             98%                     2800    2300    2650    2000
Potassium Chloride                      98%                     2600    2350    2486    1865
Potassium Dichromate                    99.5%                   13800   12000   12848   10038
Potassium Iodide                        99.9%      &