Caustic soda prices rose by Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital today due to increased demand from consuming industries amid short supplies.
Caustic soda flake rose by Rs 50 to Rs 1,900—2,000 per 50 kg.
Marketmen said apart from good demand from detergent manufacturers, tight supplies from producing belts also pushed up caustic soda prices on the wholesale chemical market here.
The following are today’s quotations: Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 1,200—2,400, Acetic acid (1 kg) Rs 42—52, Ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 500—800, Boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 4,500—5,200, Borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,400—2,700.
Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,900—2,000, Citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,800—4,000, Citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,800—4,000, Camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 450, Camphor powder (1kg) Rs 375, Glycerine (1 kg) Rs 80—120, Hexamine (1kg) Rs 95, Hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 35—50, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,030, menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 990 and mentha oil (1kg) Rs 950.
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 100 Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 112 Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 118 Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,190 Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 1,140 Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW) Rs 1,160 Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 1,155 Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 115—140 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha Rs 135 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 122 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 135—170 Sodium silicate (Qtl) Rs 1,000—1,200 Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 1,900—2,150 Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 2,300—2,600 Sodium bio—carbonate (50 kg) Rs 1,250 Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 450—550 Tartaric acid france (1 kg) Rs 510 Thymol (1 kg) Rs 1,050 Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 160—270 Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,700—2,850 Zinc oxide (kg) 120—135.