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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 25 May 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

1626

1226

7250

$899

7400-7680

$917-952

75.4%

PP Fiber

492

64

7550

$936

7700-8350

$954-1035

13%

PPBC

50

32

8850

$1097

8850

$1097

64%

LLDPE

100

99

6120

$759

6150

$762

99%

LDPE

50

10

7500

$930

7500

$930

20%

HDPE

200

100

6400

$793

6660-6670

$825-827

50%

*Auction and Deal volumes are in tonnage 

*All USD equivalent prices only exclude the 13% value-added tax (VAT).

                 

Apparently, sentiment gradually improve in the local market considering a better number of transactions for both PP and PE on the Shenhua Auction platform. 

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

**Note: 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. 


Country
China