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10 May 2024 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

Traders noted increased caution among buyers as the weekend approached, particularly considering perceived price declines. Many were uncertain whether prices would go into corrections in the following week.



Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 10 May 2024. 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

1466

1218

7400

$906

7420-7620

$908-933

83.1%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

371.5

297

7600

$930

7600-7900

$930-967

79.9%

LLDPE

900

450

8300

$1016

8370-8390

$1024-1027

50.0%

LDPE heavy duty

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*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.

 

On the final trading day on the Shenhua Auction Platform, the total dealt volume for homo-PP remained consistent with the previous day. However, PPBC marginally dropped while sales of LLDPE halved to only 450 tons.

Traders noted increased caution among buyers as the weekend approached, particularly considering perceived price declines. Many were uncertain whether prices would go into corrections in the following week.

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