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

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 20 March 2020. 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

3977

3029

6280

$784

6300-6750

$786-843

70%

PPBC

614

333

7150

$892

7150-7750

$892-967

44%

LLDPE

1000

730

6180

$771

6300-6420

$786-801

55%

LDPE

200

0

7150

$892

-

-

0%

HDPE

400

175

6380

$796

6380-6450

$796-805

47%

*Auction and Deal volumes are in tonnage 

*All prices in CNY are included of 13% VAT rate and based on EXW China term

*All USD equivalent prices are excluded of 13% VAT rate

                 

The number of deals recorded on the auction platform jump visibly on the final trading day of the week, which raises many questions among Chinese buyers. A majority of customers here remain very much cautious regardless of the continuous improving operations rates in the manufacturing sector.

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


Country
China