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10 July 2023 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

The Shenhua auction platform kickstarted the week with a satisfactory number of transactions even though the producer lifted auction prices by CNY70/ton for homo-PP and CNY130/ton for LLDPE from the previous session.

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Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 10 July 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

1380

1091

6900

$843

7000-7250

$856-886

79.1%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLDPE

650

550

7880

$963

7930-8030

$969-982

84.6%

LDPE heavy duty

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

700

99

7770

$950

7770-7950

$950-972

14.1%

*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.

 

The Shenhua auction platform kickstarted the week with a satisfactory number of transactions even though the producer lifted auction prices by CNY70/ton for homo-PP and CNY130/ton for LLDPE from the previous session. Sources said that coal-based PP and PE cargoes on the auction platform remain attractive even enough after hikes, which appeal to domestic buyers.  

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

 

Country

China