Silicones: Trading

Guangzhou silicon futures hedge the main input

What this tab covers How it is bought and sold: buyers and sellers, price benchmarks and who publishes them, exchanges, contract types, traders, how Indian buyers price it, recent price points, and good sources to follow.

Who buys, and where

China
Germany
US
Japan
France and Norway

Who sells, and from where

India
Southeast Asia
Europe
Middle East
Latin America

Price benchmarks

Benchmark	Publisher	Basis
China DMC mainstream transaction price	SMM, SunSirs	domestic, daily
Industrial silicon futures (feed)	Guangzhou Futures Exchange	futures, daily

Exchanges

Venue	Contract	Notes
Guangzhou Futures Exchange	industrial silicon futures (feed, not silicones)	no siloxane futures; silicon futures hedge the main input

Contract types

DMC and polymer spot and monthly contracts in China
annual supply agreements for specialty silicones with qualification
distributor sales of sealants and fluids

Traders and distributors

producer sales networks
Chinese chemical traders
Indian distributors and formulators

How Indian buyers price it

Indian formulators import DMC, fluids and gums priced against Chinese domestic DMC plus freight and duty (indicative).
Finished silicones from multinationals are priced by grade, not by DMC.
No current Indian anti-dumping duty on silicones confirmed in sources reached.

Recent price points

Date	Price	Basis	Source
Week of 16 Jun 2025	about CNY10,700/t	China DMC mainstream transaction	SMM
Week of 16 Jun 2025	CNY10,500/t, down CNY800/t	China DMC East China monomer quotes	SMM
Jun 2025	below CNY8,500/t	silicon metal 421 bought by some monomer makers	SMM

Good sources to follow

SMM (Shanghai Metals Market) newsfreemium research site · SMM

silicon metal, DMC and silicone market analysis

SunSirs commodity newsfreemium research site · SunSirs

Chinese DMC and chemical prices

European Rubber Journalfreemium newsletter · Crain

silicone elastomers and producer news