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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 27 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

3468

301

6050

$758

6050-6400

$758-802

8.7%

PPBC

1205

0

6630

$831

-

-

0%

LLDPE

1028

100

5960

$747

5980-5990

$750-751

9.7%

LDPE

200

0

6700

$840

-

-

0%

HDPE

400

32

6150

$771

6250

$783

8%

*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

                 

Transactions on the auction platform remain very much disappointing on the final trading day of the week. Chinese bidders appear highly risk-averse given the fluctuation observed on the Dalian Commodity Exchange and the spot market in recent days. 

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