January 7th News: On January 6th, the closing prices of the methanol offshore market rose: The CFR Southeast Asia methanol market closed at $321.5–322.5 per ton, up by $2 per ton. The FOB U.S. Gulf methanol market closed at 86.5–87.5 cents per gallon; the European FOB Rotterdam methanol market closed at €259.5–260.5 per ton, up by €5 per ton. Chempricehub analyzed methanol with a long-short score of 1.5. The rise in methanol offshore market prices, with CFR Southeast Asia up by $2 per ton and European FOB Rotterdam up by €5 per ton, reflects strengthening international demand and tightening supply. This may transmit higher import costs to the domestic spot market, driving up spot prices. Combined with the closing price of the methanol futures main contract 2605 (Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange) at 2,293 yuan per ton, up by 40 yuan, with a trading volume of 1,605,920 lots and an increase in open interest by 50,952 lots, it indicates strong bullish momentum. The positive factors from the offshore market further support the upward trend in futures prices, and a relatively strong trend is expected to be maintained in the short term.