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11 October 2022 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

11 October 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 11 October 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

2200

277

8000

$985

8200-8470

$1009-1043

12.6%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLDPE

650

100

8250

$1015

8530-8710

$1050-1072

15.4%

LDPE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

50

50

8500

$1046

8500-8510

$1046-1047

100.0%

*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.

                 

Chinese bidders seem losing purchasing appetite right on the second trading day of the week after the futures market took a dive by the end of the morning session. Even with CNY50 and 100/ton reductions on deal prices for both LLDPE and homo-PP respectively, buyers prefer to wait on the sideline.

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