Aluminosilicate witnessed an increase in price trends across the European and Asian markets in March 2025. Chinese market showed bullish market sentiments, particularly from the construction sector, which led to an increase in aluminosilicate demand. Meanwhile, the European market witnessed moderate demand, however, supply tightness led to a price rise.

Key Takeaways:

• Aluminosilicate followed an upward price trajectory across European and Asian markets in March 2025.
• The European construction market struggled, however, low supply prompted traders to raise the prices.
• Chinese construction sector remained strong, leading to a price surge of the product this month.

The aluminosilicate witnessed an increasing price trend in the European market particularly in Germany as the Sodium Aluminosilicate (FD Hamburg) increased by 3.8%. The increase in demand can be linked to the moderate demand from the downstream demand from glass, ceramics, and construction material manufacturing. The demand from the construction sector continued to struggle, however, the pace of decline eased as compared to previous months. The civil and commercial construction sector demand remained moderate while the housing sector remained weak as residential orders reduced in Germany. This month, a slight improvement was observed as the housing prices are rising which could lead to an increase in demand for the building materials. Further, the number of new building permits in Germany for apartments decreased by about 17 percent. However, supply tightness was observed due to the struggling manufacturing sector which led to low product availability, prompting traders to increase prices of the material.

ChemAnalyst anticipated that the price trajectory of aluminosilicate may increase in April 2025 due to uncertainties around US tariffs. The tariffs may impact the supply chain and influence the prices of the raw materials as well as aluminosilicate.

The Asian market also witnessed an increasing price trend of aluminosilicate in this period. The increasing price trend was significant in China as the price increased by 1% for aluminosilicate (FOB Shandong) in March 2025. This rising trend is observed due to bullish sentiments from the downstream construction sector which led to an increase in aluminosilicate consumption in the region. Further, as per the NBS data, a rise of 53.4%, up 0.7 points from the previous month was seen in the construction activity index. This increase in the construction index indicated improved construction activity, which led to an increase in materials like aluminosilicate, leading to a price rise.

As per ChemAnalyst, the aluminosilicate market is expected to rise in the Asian market particularly in China due to improvement in construction activity. However, the freight rates and the US tariffs may impact the raw material availability and influence the price trend of the product.