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04 December 2023 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

The coal-based polyolefins session ended with disappointing results, particularly for homo-PP stemming from the producer’s attempt to lift the price by CNY180/ton from the previous session



Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 04 December 2023. The following table showed the details of the auction results for prime grade only: 

Product

Auction Volume

Deal Volume

Auction Prices

Deal Prices

Deal %

CNY/ton

USD/ton

CNY/ton

USD/ton

Combined and reported by CommoPlast

Homo-PP

1280

632

7380

$916

7390-7470

$917-927

49.4%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

166

0

7370

$915

-

-

0.0%

LLDPE

630

530

7720

$958

7880-8000

$978-993

84.1%

LDPE heavy duty

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

100

100

7850

$974

7850

$974

100.0%

*Auction and Deal volumes are in tonnage 

*All USD equivalent prices only exclude the 13% value-added tax (VAT). They have not taken into account other costs that might incur in the selling process, i.e. import duty, customs clearances.

 

The coal-based polyolefins session ended with disappointing results, particularly for homo-PP stemming from the producer’s attempt to lift the price by CNY180/ton from the previous session on a weak fundamental. Conversely, LLDPE managed to fetch deals above 80% due to slight discounts of CNY20/ton in place. There are speculations that producers might be testing market responses by offering slightly higher prices for PP, exercising caution while monitoring the potential for a rebound in the near term.

Background

Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co is currently the largest coal-based polyolefins producer in China, operates under four subsidiaries, namely: Shenhua Xinjiang Coal-based New Materials Project, Shenhua Yulin Energy Co Ltd, Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co Ltd and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group (Ningmei).

The company has an annual capacity of 2.65 million tons/year of PP, 750,000 tons/year of HDPE/LLDPE and 570,000 tons/year of LDPE.

Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co is active in spot trading, while also conducting the daily auction for its cargoes daily between 10AM to 12PM on the official online platform that specifically designed for this purpose: https://www.e-chnenergy.com

 


Country
China