This chart shows Melamine price assessments, in in USA Dollar per metric ton (USD/mt), across 4 key markets from April 2024 through April 2025:
- Melamine, US (United States): Melamine, import transaction price, cif, United States (netforward from fob Trinidad and Tobago)
- Melamine, EUR (Europe): Melamine, import transaction price, cif, Germany (netforward from fob China)
- Melamine, CN (China): Melamine, export transaction price, fob, China
- Melamine, SEA (Southeast Asia): Melamine, import transaction price, cif, India (netforward from fob China)
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Melamine Price Outlook
Melamine Price Outlook. The price of Melamine (United States) decreased during April 2025 to 804 USD per metric ton, which represents a slight decline of 0.5% compared to the previous month’s value. On a year-over-year basis, the prices of Melamine (United States) decreased significantly by 22%. Meanwhile, the average price of Melamine (China) amounted to 728 USD per metric ton, from 918 USD per metric ton one year earlier. On a month-over-month basis, the price of Melamine (China) is 2% higher than the price one month before.
The price of Melamine (Southeast Asia) rose slightly throughout April 2025, reaching 779 USD per metric ton. The price is 0.8% higher than the average price in the previous month and 21% lower than the average price one year before. In contrast, the prices of Melamine (Europe) decreased modestly during April 2025, reaching 829 USD per metric ton, which means a decline of 0.8% from the previous month’s price and a decline of 22% from the previous year’s price.
About Melamine
About Melamine. Melamine is an organic base, a trimer of cyanamide and occurs as colorless to white crystals or powder. It is used as a fire retardant agent in resins due to nitrogen gas release when burned. Melamine resins are also known to be durable thermoplastics. While commercially produced from urea, melamine is also produced in mammals and plants due to the ingestion of cyromazine, a pesticide.
Melamine Handling. Melamine is transported in paper bags and semibulk bags. Bulk shipment is by truck and railroad car. It should be stored in closed containers in vented areas away from acids and oxidizers, and protected from moisture, as it can pack and lump over greater storage periods.
Melamine Production. Raw materials and the respective production processes employed in the manufacturing of Melamine are listed below.
- Urea (low-pressure catalytic process),
- Urea (high-pressure catalytic process)
Melamine Uses. The uses and applications of Melamine may vary according to its specification. The main forms of Melamine are minimum 99.0% purity