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China Morning Snapshot – 26 August 2021

China Morning Snapshot – 26 August 2021



Dalian Commodity Exchange fell back to the negative territory on the revived concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak and the fully reopen of the Zhoushan port that would boost local supply.

Details on the spot and futures prices are shown in the following table:

26 August 2021

Prices in CNY

USD Equivalent

Changes in CNY

Changes in USD

Combined and reported by CommoPlast

Dalian Commodity Exchange (Mid-day closing)

PP 2201

CNY 8184

USD 1118

-CNY 172

-USD 27

LLDPE 2201

CNY 8130

USD 1110

-CNY 130

-USD 20

Spot Domestic Prices (EXW China, Cash equivalent)

PPH (East China)

CNY 8400-8500

USD 1147-1161

-CNY 50

-USD 8

LLDPE (North China)

CNY 8100-8300

USD 1106-1134

-CNY 100

-USD 15

**All USD equivalent prices are exclusive of 13% VAT

 

Total inventories at Sinopec and CNPC’s warehouses fell only 5,000 tons day-on-day to 675,000 tons as of 26 August 2021.

Spot market is soft, however, players reported having sold satisfactory number of cargoes for future delivery at lower the current market levels. Meanwhile, the drops in both Dalian Commodity Exchange and spot prices once again reopen the export window, with traders reportedly received good inquiries from Bangladesh buyers in the range of $1187-1195/ton FOB China for homo-PP cargoes.

“Trading activities in the local ground are sluggish. We have to push for export in order to achieve the month end sales target,” a trader added.


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