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18 September 2023 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

Shenhua auction platform kickstarted the new week with a satisfactory number of transactions as the producer maintained the auction prices on a stable to softer note compared to the previous session.

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Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 18 September 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

1714

1518

7750

$941

7750-8030

$941-975

88.6%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

100

100

7850

$953

7870-7880

$955-957

100.0%

LLDPE

666

600

8240

$1000

8310-8420

$1009-1022

90.1%

LDPE heavy duty

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

100

0

8200

$995

-

-

0.0%

*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.

 

Shenhua auction platform kickstarted the new week with a satisfactory number of transactions as the producer maintained the auction prices on a stable to softer note compared to the previous session. It is noteworthy that deal prices for both homo-PP and LLDPE dropped about CNY20 – 30/ton, signalling the upside of the market might be capped. 

Sources are monitoring closely the inventory digestion rates in days ahead to gauge the post-holiday market outlook. 

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