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

In spite of the higher deal prices, Shenhua managed to sell off all available homo-PP and LLDPE allocations.

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Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 19 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

1704

1704

7760

$942

7790-8090

$946-982

100.0%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

100

66

7880

$957

7880

$957

66.0%

LLDPE

691

691

8220

$998

8280-8470

$1005-1028

100.0%

LDPE heavy duty

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

100

0

8180

$993

-

-

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.

 

Thanks to the drastic surge in the Dalian Commodity Exchange, Chinese bidders are more enthusiastic about making purchases on the Shenhua auction platform. In spite of the higher deal prices, Shenhua managed to sell off all available homo-PP and LLDPE allocations. Sources said that buyers are likely to continue building stocks this week given the rising upstream costs 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