CommoPlast | Article - [FREE] 15 April 2022 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 15 April 2022. The following table showed the details of the auction results for prime grade only:

Product	Auction Volume	Deal Volume	Auction Prices			Deal Prices		Deal %
Product	Auction Volume	Deal Volume	CNY/ton	USD/ton		CNY/ton	USD/ton	Deal %
*Combined and reported by CommoPlast*
Homo-PP	1762	1229	8350	$1160	8350-8650		$1160-1202	69.8%
PP Fiber	80	80	9000	$1250	9080		$1261	100.0%
PPBC	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
LLDPE	788	723	8650	$1202	8690-8980		$1207-1248	91.8%
LDPE	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
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.

Transactions dip slightly on the final trading day of the week after the futures market retreated throughout the morning session. The narrower price gap between the auction platform and the Dalian Commodity Exchange pushes buyers to be more cautious.

Background:

Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co is currently the largest coal-based polyolefins producer in China, operating 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