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22 March 2023 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

Compared to the previous session, the number of deals concluded on the Shenhua auction platform dropped visibly even though the producer reduced final prices by CNY50-70/ton.

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Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 22 March 2023. 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

2580

1291

7340

$943

7340-7620

$943-979

50.0%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

164

152

7750

$995

7750-7800

$995-1002

92.7%

LLDPE

1132

750

8020

$1030

8040-8250

$1033-1060

66.3%

LDPE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*Auction and Deal volumes are in tonnage 

*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, i.e. import duty, customs clearances.

 

Compared to the previous session, the number of deals concluded on the Shenhua auction platform dropped visibly even though the producer reduced final prices by CNY50-70/ton. Sources said that buyers are holding out additional purchases to wait for larger price cuts, following the latest deals for import homo-PP yarn from the dutiable origin at $900/ton CFR China.

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-chnenergy.com