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Acids prices by country

Monthly acids prices for 13 commodities and 16 countries, computed from national customs statistics and verified by the research desk every month. Quarter means are free on each commodity page; the current months, spreads and averages are in the subscriber dashboard.

Commodities13
Countries16
Monthly points2,014
Series sinceJuly 2023

Acids commodities covered

Acetic acid price by country

Acetic acid, Q2 2026 quarter means: India CIF USD 500; China (origin, landed India) CIF USD 494; United States FOB USD 499; Mexico CIF USD 391 per t. World April 2026: USD 470 per t (tonnage-weighted, 12 countries).

14 countries: India CIF imports, China (origin, landed India) CIF, landed India, United States FOB exports, Mexico CIF imports, Germany CIF imports, Japan CIF imports, Belgium CIF imports, Thailand CIF imports, Brazil CIF imports, Indonesia CIF imports, Netherlands CIF imports, Italy CIF imports, United Kingdom CIF imports, Canada CIF imports; in verification: Spain, France, South Korea, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey. 36 producer plants across 4 region(s).

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Acetic anhydride price by country

Acetic anhydride, Q2 2026 quarter means: Netherlands CIF USD 1,116; United States FOB USD 1,208; Belgium CIF USD 962; India FOB USD 1,112 per t. World April 2026: USD 1,071 per t (tonnage-weighted, 10 countries).

10 countries: Netherlands CIF imports, United States FOB exports, Belgium CIF imports, India FOB exports, Germany CIF imports, Italy CIF imports, Japan FOB exports, Brazil CIF imports, Spain CIF imports, United Kingdom CIF imports; in verification: Thailand.

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Acrylic acid price by country

Acrylic acid, Q2 2026 quarter means: India CIF USD 1,383; Indonesia FOB USD 1,293; Belgium FOB USD 1,239; Malaysia FOB USD 1,301 per t. World April 2026: USD 1,185 per t (tonnage-weighted, 8 countries).

8 countries: India CIF imports, Indonesia FOB exports, Belgium FOB exports, Malaysia FOB exports, Netherlands CIF imports, Italy CIF imports, Spain CIF imports, Brazil CIF imports; in verification: United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Thailand.

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Adipic acid price by country

Adipic acid, Q1 2026 quarter means: Italy CIF USD 1,482; United States FOB USD 1,618; Germany CIF USD 1,514; India CIF USD 972 per t. World April 2026: USD 1,700 per t (tonnage-weighted, 10 countries).

11 countries: Italy CIF imports, United States FOB exports, Germany CIF imports, India CIF imports, Canada CIF imports, Japan CIF imports, Belgium CIF imports, Mexico CIF imports, Indonesia CIF imports, United Kingdom CIF imports, Malaysia CIF imports; in verification: Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Thailand.

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Citric acid price by country

Citric acid, Q2 2026 quarter means: Germany CIF USD 1,157; India CIF USD 829; Mexico CIF USD 1,106; Belgium FOB USD 1,548 per t. World April 2026: USD 1,031 per t (tonnage-weighted, 11 countries).

12 countries: Germany CIF imports, India CIF imports, Mexico CIF imports, Belgium FOB exports, Netherlands CIF imports, Japan CIF imports, Italy CIF imports, Spain CIF imports, Indonesia CIF imports, Canada CIF imports, Brazil CIF imports, Malaysia CIF imports; in verification: United States, Thailand.

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Formic acid price by country

Formic acid, Q2 2026 quarter means: Netherlands CIF USD 514; Belgium CIF USD 734; Spain CIF USD 710; Brazil CIF USD 572 per t. World April 2026: USD 626 per t (tonnage-weighted, 11 countries).

12 countries: Netherlands CIF imports, Belgium CIF imports, Spain CIF imports, Brazil CIF imports, Italy CIF imports, United States FOB exports, India CIF imports, Japan CIF imports, Mexico CIF imports, United Kingdom CIF imports, Indonesia CIF imports, Canada CIF imports; in verification: Malaysia, Thailand.

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Maleic anhydride price by country

Maleic anhydride, Q2 2026 quarter means: India CIF USD 994; Italy CIF USD 1,223; Germany CIF USD 1,433; Spain CIF USD 1,399 per t. World May 2026: USD 1,222 per t (tonnage-weighted, 12 countries).

12 countries: India CIF imports, Italy CIF imports, Germany CIF imports, Spain CIF imports, Netherlands CIF imports, United Kingdom CIF imports, Canada CIF imports, Indonesia CIF imports, Japan CIF imports, Brazil CIF imports, Belgium CIF imports, Malaysia CIF imports; in verification: Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Thailand.

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Nitric acid price by country

Nitric acid, Q2 2026 quarter means: Belgium FOB USD 342; India CIF USD 271; Spain CIF USD 347; Netherlands CIF USD 213 per t. World April 2026: USD 280 per t (tonnage-weighted, 12 countries).

13 countries: Belgium FOB exports, India CIF imports, Spain CIF imports, Netherlands CIF imports, Germany CIF imports, Japan CIF imports, Indonesia CIF imports, United States FOB exports, Italy CIF imports, Mexico CIF imports, Brazil CIF imports, United Kingdom CIF imports, Canada CIF imports; in verification: Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand.

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Phosphoric acid price by country

Phosphoric acid, Q1 2026 quarter means: United States FOB USD 1,010; India CIF USD 1,291; Indonesia CIF USD 941; Netherlands CIF USD 1,121 per t. World April 2026: USD 1,200 per t (tonnage-weighted, 9 countries).

10 countries: United States FOB exports, India CIF imports, Indonesia CIF imports, Netherlands CIF imports, Germany CIF imports, Canada CIF imports, Mexico CIF imports, Belgium FOB exports, Malaysia CIF imports, Japan CIF imports; in verification: Brazil, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Thailand.

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Phthalic anhydride price by country

Phthalic anhydride, Q1 2026 quarter means: Belgium FOB USD 1,180; India CIF USD 835; Indonesia CIF USD 814; Netherlands CIF USD 1,218 per t. World April 2026: USD 1,262 per t (tonnage-weighted, 8 countries).

8 countries: Belgium FOB exports, India CIF imports, Indonesia CIF imports, Netherlands CIF imports, Italy CIF imports, Germany FOB exports, Spain CIF imports, United Kingdom CIF imports; in verification: United States, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand.

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Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) price by country

Purified terephthalic acid (PTA), Q2 2026 quarter means: India CIF USD 884; Belgium FOB USD 1,001; Japan CIF USD 929; United States CIF USD 1,307 per t. World May 2026: USD 1,029 per t (tonnage-weighted, 11 countries).

11 countries: India CIF imports, Belgium FOB exports, Japan CIF imports, United States CIF imports, Malaysia FOB exports, Italy CIF imports, Germany CIF imports, Indonesia FOB exports, Spain CIF imports, Canada CIF imports, Netherlands CIF imports; in verification: Thailand.

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Salicylic acid price by country

Salicylic acid, Q1 2026 quarter means: India CIF USD 2,419; United States CIF USD 8,165; Germany CIF USD 4,875 per t. World April 2026: USD 3,994 per t (tonnage-weighted, 3 countries).

3 countries: India CIF imports, United States CIF imports, Germany CIF imports; in verification: Mexico, Thailand.

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Sulphuric acid price by country

Sulphuric acid, Q2 2026 quarter means: Japan FOB USD 95; United States CIF USD 143; Canada FOB USD 141; India CIF USD 241 per t. World April 2026: USD 149 per t (tonnage-weighted, 11 countries).

11 countries: Japan FOB exports, United States CIF imports, Canada FOB exports, India CIF imports, Indonesia CIF imports, Germany FOB exports, Brazil CIF imports, Spain FOB exports, United Kingdom CIF imports, Netherlands FOB exports, Mexico CIF imports; in verification: Belgium, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand.

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Coverage by country

Each cell is the leg that carries the country's volume: FOB exports for net exporters, CIF imports for net importers. Countries in verification are added as soon as their customs record has enough recent months to publish a reliable monthly price.

CountryAcetic acidAcetic anhydrideAcrylic acidAdipic acidCitric acidFormic acidMaleic anhydrideNitric acidPhosphoric acidPhthalic anhydridePurified terephthalic acid (PTA)Salicylic acidSulphuric acid
IndiaCIF importsFOB exportsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF imports
China (origin, landed India)CIF, landed India––––––––––––
United StatesFOB exportsFOB exports–FOB exports–FOB exports–FOB exportsFOB exports–CIF importsCIF importsCIF imports
MexicoCIF imports––CIF importsCIF importsCIF imports–CIF importsCIF imports–––CIF imports
GermanyCIF importsCIF imports–CIF importsCIF imports–CIF importsCIF importsCIF importsFOB exportsCIF importsCIF importsFOB exports
JapanCIF importsFOB exports–CIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF imports–CIF imports–FOB exports
BelgiumCIF importsCIF importsFOB exportsCIF importsFOB exportsCIF importsCIF importsFOB exportsFOB exportsFOB exportsFOB exports––
ThailandCIF imports––––––––––––
BrazilCIF importsCIF importsCIF imports–CIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF imports––––CIF imports
IndonesiaCIF imports–FOB exportsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsFOB exports–CIF imports
NetherlandsCIF importsCIF importsCIF imports–CIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF imports–FOB exports
ItalyCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF imports–CIF importsCIF imports––
United KingdomCIF importsCIF imports–CIF imports–CIF importsCIF importsCIF imports–CIF imports––CIF imports
CanadaCIF imports––CIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF imports–CIF imports–FOB exports
Spain–CIF importsCIF imports–CIF importsCIF importsCIF importsCIF imports–CIF importsCIF imports–FOB exports
Malaysia––FOB exportsCIF importsCIF imports–CIF imports–CIF imports–FOB exports––

How the prices are assessed

Every figure is a trade-implied unit value: the customs value of a country's monthly trade in the commodity's HS code divided by the customs tonnage, from national customs statistics as compiled by UN Comtrade. Exports FOB for net exporters, imports CIF for net importers, so each country line is the leg that carries the volume. A month is published only when its tonnage clears the volume floor and the figure passes the desk's checks against the previous months and the other countries; a month that fails is held, not estimated. Each commodity page carries its own methodology note and version.

  • Monthly. Published as each country's customs statistics release, most within six to ten weeks of the month's end.
  • By country and basis. Not one global number: the FOB export value of the United States and the CIF landed value in India are different prices, and both are shown.
  • Verified, not estimated. A minimum traded volume, a written note on every unusual monthly move, enough recent months before a country is published, and a desk sign-off. A revised figure is marked and the earlier value stays in the record.
  • Comparable. The same method for every commodity and country, so spreads between legs and countries mean something.

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Questions about acids prices

What is a commodity price by country?

The monthly unit value of a country's trade in a commodity: the customs value of the month's exports (FOB, for net exporters) or imports (CIF, for net importers) divided by the customs tonnage, from national customs statistics as compiled by UN Comtrade. It is the price the market actually cleared at on the customs record, not a quote or an estimate.

Which commodities and countries does Douglas Insights cover?

13 commodities today: Acetic acid, Acetic anhydride, Acrylic acid, Adipic acid, Citric acid, Formic acid, Maleic anhydride, Nitric acid, Phosphoric acid, Phthalic anhydride, Purified terephthalic acid (PTA), Salicylic acid, Sulphuric acid. Countries with a published series: India, China (origin, landed India), United States, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Thailand, Brazil, Indonesia, Netherlands, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Malaysia. Each commodity page lists its published countries and the ones still in verification; subscribers set the order in which new countries and commodities are added.

How often are the prices updated?

Monthly, as each country's customs statistics publish; most reporters release a month within six to ten weeks of its end. A month is published only after it passes the desk's checks against the previous months and the other countries; a month that fails is held, not estimated.

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Free: quarter means per country one quarter behind, a world figure a few months old, the quarter chart, the producers and the methodology. Subscribers get the current months and the newest quarter for every country, the monthly chart, spreads between any two legs, quarter and trailing averages, contract formulas, the full desk notes and CSV. Commodity USD 1,999 a year, Group USD 3,999, All-access on request.

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From the commodity page: choose Commodity or Group, pay by card or invoice through the same checkout as our reports, and the dashboard opens the moment the payment clears. All-access, with JSON and API feeds, is priced on request through the demo form.

How is a price verified?

Every monthly figure is computed from the customs record, checked for volume (a month below the tonnage floor is held), for movement against the previous months (a move above the threshold needs a written note) and for coverage (a country is published when it has enough months). The research desk signs off each publication.

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Last publication 12 Oct 2026. Sitemap.