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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 14 April 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

2092

564

9150

$1150

9150-9500

$1150-1194

27%

PP Fiber

2880

1438

9863

$1238

9863-12703

$1238-1595

49.9%

PPBC

1664

1440

9863

$1240

10253-12000

$1289-1508

86.5%

LLDPE

1000

747

6600

$830

6600-7030

$830-884

74.7%

LDPE

50

50

7800

$981

7800

$981

100%

HDPE

350

350

6800

$855

6970-7060

$876-887

100%

*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

 

Purchasing interest is softer in today’s session, even for PP fiber grade, which only achieve 50% of deals from the offered quantity. The market starts to show signs of cooling down, following weeks of aggressive buying activities.  

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