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[FREE] 16 February 2022 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

[FREE] 16 February 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 16 February 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 %

CNY/ton

USD/ton

CNY/ton

USD/ton

Combined and reported by CommoPlast

Homo-PP

2250

1591

8080

$1128

8350-8410

$1166-1174

70.7%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

400

0

8400

$1172

-

-

0.0%

LLDPE

400

0

8800

$1228

-

-

0.0%

LDPE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

500

233

8050

$1124

8050-8350

$1124-1166

46.6%

*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 attempted to lift deal prices following news about the production cuts at a couple of major local plants, however, transactions fell as a result. Chinese buyers remain highly price-sensitive at the moment. 

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


Country
China