D.M.T. Price — China Factory EXW 2026

D.M.T. price Spec: China national standards

China EXW, VAT excluded

Newest China EXW USD 88.5 / MT · VAT excluded -557.5221 (-86.00%) as of 20210323

Newest Price 88.5

Price Date 20210323

Day's Change -557.52

Day's Range 88.5 - -469.03

Month's Change +17.7

Month's Range 88.5 - 106.19

Year's Change -283.19

Year's Range 88.5 - 371.68

For buyers, the practical hedge is to track PX-to-PTA spreads rather than crude alone. When PTA margins widen, PX plants run harder, potentially easing DMT feedstock availability. ...

Also known as Dimethyl terephthalate, 1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl methylcarbamate, 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylicacid,dimethylester, 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylicaciddimethylester

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How does DMT pricing respond to upstream PX and methanol cost swings?

For buyers, the practical hedge is to track PX-to-PTA spreads rather than crude alone. When PTA margins widen, PX plants run harder, potentially easing DMT feedstock availability. Also, methanol spikes tend to hit DMT makers using the PTA route harder than those using the PX oxidation route.

What is driving China's DMT market size and demand trends through 2030?

Watch the PX-to-DMT route economics closely. With roughly 98% of PX going to PTA, DMT is a marginal offtaker, so its feedstock cost tracks PTA plant operating rates. Any shift in China's PX self-sufficiency, as integrated refiners expand, could indirectly lower DMT import premiums over time.

Why is DMT demand growing in engineering plastics like PCT?

Note that PCT competes directly with PBT and PET in many uses, so DMT demand growth is capped by substitution. However, the shift toward lead-free soldering and surface-mount technology favors PCT's higher heat deflection, which should keep DMT demand in specialty segments growing faster than general polyester.

D.M.T. price context

What drives D.M.T. prices

How does DMT pricing respond to upstream PX and methanol cost swings?: For buyers, the practical hedge is to track PX-to-PTA spreads rather than crude alone. When PTA margins widen, PX plants run harder, potentially easing DMT feed...

What is driving China's DMT market size and demand trends through 2030?: Watch the PX-to-DMT route economics closely. With roughly 98% of PX going to PTA, DMT is a marginal offtaker, so its feedstock cost tracks PTA plant operating r...

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Overview

Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT, CAS 120-61-6) is a white crystalline solid with a melting point of 140 °C, slightly soluble in water and soluble in hot alcohol and ether. It is an organic intermediate used primarily as a monomer in polyester production and as a raw material for downstream derivatives.

Polyester: serves as a key monomer for producing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and related copolyesters.
Coatings: used as a raw material in polymer formulations for paints and coatings, with regulatory approval for food-contact applications.
Chemical synthesis: a precursor for producing 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) and other specialty chemicals.
Recycling: relevant to chemical depolymerization routes for waste polyester textiles, enabling closed-loop regeneration.

China's DMT market has grown with rising plastics output, though it faces competition from purified terephthalic acid (PTA) routes. Production typically involves esterification of PTA with methanol or oxidation-esterification of p-xylene. The country is advancing chemical recycling technologies, including methanolysis, to recover polyester feedstocks.

Key domestic producers:
Zhejiang Jiaren New Materials – active in chemical recycling of polyester via methanolysis.
Sinopec – major producer of polyester intermediates and derivatives.

Properties

Name

D.M.T.

Dimethyl terephthalate

1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl methylcarbamate

1,4-Benzenedicarboxylicacid,dimethylester

1,4-Benzenedicarboxylicaciddimethylester

CAS Number

120-61-6

EINECS No.

204-411-8

Risk Codes

24/25

Safety Description

36/37/38

HS Code

2917349000

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