Chlor-alkali commodities covered
Caustic soda price by country
Caustic soda, Q2 2026 quarter means: United States FOB USD 261; Brazil CIF USD 290; Netherlands FOB USD 228; Japan FOB USD 195 per t. World April 2026: USD 273 per t (tonnage-weighted, 6 countries).
Chlorine price by country
Chlorine, Q1 2026 quarter means: United States CIF USD 460; Canada FOB USD 476; Mexico FOB USD 413; Belgium CIF USD 277 per t. World April 2026: USD 466 per t (tonnage-weighted, 7 countries).
Chloroform price by country
Chloroform, Q1 2026 quarter means: Germany FOB USD 713; Netherlands CIF USD 591 per t. World April 2026: USD 775 per t (tonnage-weighted, 2 countries).
Ethylene dichloride (EDC) price by country
Ethylene dichloride (EDC), Q2 2026 quarter means: United States FOB USD 297; India CIF USD 370; Belgium FOB USD 359; Brazil CIF USD 331 per t. World April 2026: USD 282 per t (tonnage-weighted, 8 countries).
Hydrochloric acid price by country
Hydrochloric acid, Q1 2026 quarter means: United States CIF USD 191; Canada FOB USD 159; Germany FOB USD 139; Belgium FOB USD 103 per t. World April 2026: USD 139 per t (tonnage-weighted, 5 countries).
Methylene dichloride price by country
Methylene dichloride, Q1 2026 quarter means: Germany FOB USD 620; India FOB USD 467; Italy CIF USD 714; Spain CIF USD 717 per t. World April 2026: USD 700 per t (tonnage-weighted, 6 countries).
Potassium hydroxide price by country
Potassium hydroxide, Q2 2026 quarter means: Belgium FOB USD 623; Germany CIF USD 742; Italy FOB USD 730; Canada CIF USD 854 per t. World May 2026: USD 742 per t (tonnage-weighted, 8 countries).
PVC price by country
PVC, Q2 2026 quarter means: United States FOB USD 898; India CIF USD 796; China (origin, landed India) CIF USD 812; Germany CIF USD 1,336 per t. World April 2026: USD 835 per t (tonnage-weighted, 9 countries).
Soda ash price by country
Soda ash, Q2 2026 quarter means: United States FOB USD 210; Brazil CIF USD 196; Netherlands CIF USD 282; India CIF USD 213 per t. World April 2026: USD 220 per t (tonnage-weighted, 5 countries).
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.
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 chlor-alkali 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?
9 commodities today: Caustic soda, Chlorine, Chloroform, Ethylene dichloride (EDC), Hydrochloric acid, Methylene dichloride, Potassium hydroxide, PVC, Soda ash. Countries with a published series: United States, Brazil, Netherlands, Japan, Germany, India, Belgium, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Indonesia, Spain, United Kingdom, China (origin, landed India), Thailand, Egypt (origin, landed Brazil), Colombia (origin, landed Brazil), Taiwan (origin, landed India). 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.
What is free and what needs a subscription?
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 10 Oct 2026. Sitemap.