On May 18 — Shaanxi Black Cat’s 60,000-ton BDO unit underwent maintenance starting April 10, resumed production on May 15, and is currently ramping up load. No spot price quotations are available. Chempricehub’s assessment of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) gives a bull-bear score of -1. The 60,000-ton BDO unit of Shaanxi Black Cat completed its maintenance shutdown that began in April and resumed output on May 15. It is now in a load-increasing phase, with subsequent market supply expected to gradually increase. The growing expectation of a looser supply side exerts bearish pressure on spot prices of BDO.