Since this year, China imported sulfur resource volume surge, import prices rise. According to statistics from 1 to April, China imported sulfur reached 4120000 tons, grow 31% compared to the same period, the average import price also rose 11% over the same period.

The first quarter of this year, commodity prices, traders bullish on the future of sulfur, sulfur demand growth in the presence of good expectations, the bulk purchase of imported sulfur, lead to the first half of 2012sulfureous import volume surge. Partly because of the arrival of the peak season of spring ploughing demands, as well as the fertilizer business6 ～September off-season export orders, chemical fertilizer demand increases, thus importing large quantities of raw sulfur. Despite the recent export order quantity are not many, but the rigid demand expectations still support sulfur market.

On the other hand due to phosphate fertilizer enterprise to off-season export cycle adaptation as well as on raw sulphur price acceptance. This year 1~4 month sulphur import price for 207U.S. dollars / ton, compared with the same period last year rose $20, or 11%, this market price has been gradually accepted. At the same time, this fertilizer off-season export policy and last year remain unchanged, enterprises also began to gradually adapt to the off-season export cycle change, raw material purchase attitude back to normal. ( the answer )