China: Auction sales result for Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE

Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 23 Jun 2020. The following table showed the details of the auction results for prime grade only: 

Chinese buyers are returning to the market to make replenishment before taking off for the Dragon Boat Festival. Transactions on the auction platform are rather satisfactory this morning.

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-shenhua.com

 **Note: 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.