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Aniline softened slightly on the latest weekly assessment, trimming a small part of the recent rise while keeping broader positioning intact. The move is incremental and keeps the market readable for routine procurement, especially where purchases are paced to weekly markers.

Kandla bulk imported tanker load Aniline was assessed at Rs 130.00/kg on 11 Feb 2026, down Rs 1.00/kg from Rs 131.00/kg on 04 Feb 2026. Indian Aniline prices have traded with a wider month range than the week-to-week change suggests: the last 30 days show a high of Rs 132.00/kg and a low of Rs 118.00/kg. The fortnight comparison stands at Rs 128.00/kg on 28 Jan, indicating that current levels remain above late-January values even after the weekly dip. The month anchor was Rs 118.00/kg on 12 Jan, highlighting the extent of the month’s recovery before the recent easing.

On a three-month reference, the marker was Rs 108.00/kg (13 Nov 2025), and the six-month point was Rs 103.00/kg (14 Aug 2025), positioning the current level stronger than mid-year baselines. The year-ago comparison point was Rs 128.00/kg (11 Feb 2025), leaving the YoY lens slightly firmer. For buyers tracking Aniline prices in India, the latest week reads as a modest cooling within a still-elevated month framework, Aniline, Slips Marginally, Quiet Week, Aniline Prices, Chemical Market, Market Trend.

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Stearic acid posted a small weekly decline, but overall trading remains contained. The latest assessment is Rs 115/kg, down Rs 1/kg from Rs 116/kg last week, while the fortnight marker holds at Rs 115/kg, keeping the short-term picture stable. Indian Stearic Acid prices are therefore still clustered in a narrow pocket rather than shifting sharply.

The month view is flat at Rs 115/kg, confirming a steady month with limited movement. Wider anchors show the benchmark remains below late-2025 levels: the three-month marker is Rs 117.5/kg and the six-month reference Rs 122/kg. Over the last 30 days, the recent low was near Rs 114.5/kg and the recent high around Rs 116/kg, and moves were small across most sessions. The year-ago point stands at Rs 134/kg, keeping the longer comparison clearly softer. Stearic Acid prices in India remain easy to benchmark for routine coverage, while Indian Stearic Acid prices provide consistent reference points for procurement checks without forcing frequent re-pricing of budgets, Stearic acid prices, Stearic acid market, edges lower, quiet week, oleochemicals trends.

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Another quiet week. This is a phrase that I long to write. But certainly not at the moment.

My week has been dominated by looking at options we might have following the publication of Ofqual’s consultation document about how GCSE and A Level grades should be determined in the summer. The consultation period doesn’t end until Friday 29th. I expect there to be many interest groups making their voices heard. There is no set date for publication of the final report. In the meantime, we are trying to anticipate the direction of travel. Time is slipping by and pupils and parents are understandably anxious about the current lack of information coming out from the government and the exam boards. I have written to parents of both year groups with what we are trying to do.

One of our responses to the current lockdown of which we are very proud is the mass testing centre which we have set up in the Dining Room. Superbly organised by Mrs Weatherall, Mrs Skilton and a dedicated team, once a week, we are lateral Flow Testing testing all staff on site and all Critical Worker children who come to school. It has fast become a well-oiled machine and given great confidence to those on site. However, on Wednesday we had to deal with another U turn; this time concerning Covid 19 serial testing in schools which we’re no longer allowed to do.

In the country at large, the rate of vaccinations is progressing well. My wife’s practice is at the centre of the vaccination programme in Rugby. Like many other centres, it was set up in a disused building with no flooring, heating, desks or indeed anything else they could use at the outset. Not only is the resultant centre impressive, but the positivity of the volunteers who are helping to administer the vaccines staff, the professional medical as well as those being vaccinated is really good for the morale of anyone who observes the operation. It is great to see that the rhetoric is matching what is happening on the ground.

And finally, after years of being in the doldrums, of only quietly being able to admit to being a fan, of humiliating relegation after relegation, it was great last week to see the team that I support once again in all its glory and appearing on Match of the Day (3rd round of the FA Cup). No, I don’t support Aston Villa (although I know Mr Wright has had similar sentiments for many years) but Stockport County. Yes. we lost to West Ham but it was great to catch sight of my old seat in the Cheadle Stand.

(Bulletin No 2 - 22nd January 2021)