据总部位于休斯敦的美国化学品市场协会(CMAI)负责芳烃业务的 Simon Palmer 经理表示,2007年全球苯市场需求增长3%,达到45.00 Mt,增速高于大多数公司预期值,但赢利却出现恶化,原因是苯的价格没能跟上原油成本增长的速度。而且这种赢利恶化的趋势在2008年继续延伸,当前苯的赢利能力已处于五年来的最低水平。当前美国苯的现货价格为3.88～3.93美元/USgal According to Simon Palmer, a Houston-based consortium of aromatic chemicals businesses, the American Chemical Marketing Association (CMAI), demand for benzene in the global market increased by 3% to 45.00 Mt in 2007, higher than most companies expect, but profits have risen Deterioration, because the price of benzene failed to keep up with the cost of crude oil growth. And this trend of deteriorating profits continued to extend in 2008, the current profitability of benzene has been at its lowest level in five years. The current spot price of benzene in the United States is 3.88 to 3.93 US dollars / USgal