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Petroleum benzene production totaled 442,200 tons. This represents a month-on-month increase of 15,100 tons compared to the previous period, marking a growth rate of 3.54%. The capacity utilization rate stood at 72.98%, up by 2.49 percentage points from the previous period. During this cycle, units such as Hainan Refining & Chemical's No. 2 aromatics plant were restarted, while Tangshan Dimu’s disproportionation unit underwent a short shutdown.

The operating rate for domestic benzene hydrogenation units was 59.84%, down by 1.06 percentage points week-on-week. Weekly production of hydrogenated benzene in China was 79,400 tons, a decrease of 1,400 tons from the previous week. During the week, Hebei Jiantao’s unit was shut down for maintenance.

For styrene, one production line at Zhejiang Petrochemical entered maintenance during the previous period and remained fully offline throughout this week. Caprolactam operating loads saw a slight recovery. For phenol, Yangzhou Shiyou and Qingdao Haiwan phenol/acetone units were restarted, while one phenol/acetone unit at Lihua Yiweiyuan was shut down. In aniline, Shandong Jinling Dongying’s 100,000-ton/year Unit 1 and Dongying Huatai returned to operation, while Nanjing Chemical Industry reduced rates on its 100,000-ton/year Unit 1. Adipic acid operating rates remained stable.