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Indicative price brief for Carbon Black Furnace Grade - Asia. Methodology: trade publications, broker reports, and industry sources reviewed by Nexchem. This is directional intelligence, not a regulated benchmark assessment.
CFR Asia carbon black N330 and N550 furnace grade pricing. Chinese domestic capacity and export strategy, CBFS feedstock cost analysis, Asian tyre OEM and replacement demand, Orion and Cabot Asian operations, and 3-scenario price outlook. Published monthly.
Asian carbon black is the market where Chinese domestic overcapacity and global CBFS feedstock cost elevation are pulling in opposite directions - China has built more carbon black capacity than domestic demand requires and is exporting the surplus at pricing that compresses margins for non-Chinese Asian producers, while elevated CBFS oil costs from Hormuz-related crude disruption are increasing production costs across all Asian producers simultaneously.
Asian carbon black supply is dominated by Chinese domestic producers including Black Cat Carbon Black at Jinan, Shanxi Sanlian at Taiyuan, and Cabot China at Tianjin, collectively representing approximately 65% of Asian carbon black nameplate capacity. South Korean producers Orion Korea and Korean Carbon Black and Japanese producer Asahi Carbon supplement regional supply from integrated tyre chemical complexes. Indian producers Birla Carbon and Phillips Carbon Black serve the rapidly growing Indian domestic market with significant new capacity additions planned through 2027. Chinese carbon black nameplate capacity at approximately 7.8 million MT per year significantly exceeds Chinese domestic demand of approximately 5.4 million MT per year, creating a structural export surplus. Demand for Carbon Black Furnace Grade in Asia is structured across multiple end-use segments with differentiated price sensitivity, from commodity polymer and rubber applications to specialty chemical intermediates where performance requirements limit substitution and create defensible pricing above commodity benchmarks. Asian Market Pricing Impact - Chinese carbon black producers are exporting excess domestic capacity to Southeast Asian, Indian, and Middle Eastern markets at prices below non-Chinese Asian production cost.
Chinese N330 export prices at approximately USD 880 to USD 920 per metri. In the current 2026 supply and demand environment, Carbon Black Furnace Grade pricing in Asia reflects both structural market conditions and active geopolitical supply chain disruption. The IMF confirmed in March 2026 that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz had disrupted approximately 20% of global seaborne oil and LNG supply. For Asian carbon black, the Hormuz disruption affects pricing through CBFS carbon black feedstock stock oil cost. CBFS is a heavy aromatic residue priced as a crude oil derivative, and elevated crude oil costs from the Hormuz disruption have increased CBFS pricing by approximately USD 84 per metric tonne versus January 2026 levels. This feedstock cost elevation is being only partially passed through to CFR Asia carbon black pricing given competitive pressure from Chinese export surplus, compressing the Asian carbon black-CBFS spread from USD 582 per metric tonne in June 2025 to USD 560 per metric tonne in June 2026. India and SE Asia Growth Offsetting China Softness - Indian tyre OEM demand for carbon black is growing at approximately 9.2% per year driven by domestic vehicle production growth, providing a growing demand market for.
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The IMF confirmed in March 2026 that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz had disrupted approximately 20% of global seaborne oil and LNG supply. For Asian carbon black, the Hormuz disruption affects pricing through CBFS carbon black feedstock stock oil cost. CBFS is a heavy aromatic residue priced as a crude oil derivative, and elevated crude oil costs from the Hormuz disruption have increased CBFS pricing by approximately USD 84 per metric tonne versus January 2026 levels. This feedstock cost elevation is being only partially passed through to CFR Asia carbon black pricing given competitive pressure from Chinese export surplus, compressing the Asian carbon black-CBFS spread from USD 582 per metric tonne in June 2025 to USD 560 per metric tonne in June 2026.
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