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24 October 2023 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

Given the higher auction volume, Shenhua offered another round of discount of CNY20/ton on homo-PP and CNY80/ton on LLDPE compared to the previous session to smoothen the sales process.

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Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 24 October 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

2366

2080

7280

$883

7400-7550

$897-915

87.9%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

700

447

7340

$890

7340-7600

$890-921

63.9%

LLDPE

1200

1062

7750

$940

7780-8080

$943-980

88.5%

LDPE heavy duty

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

266

33

7600

$921

7600

$921

12.4%

*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.

 

Given the higher auction volume, Shenhua offered another round of discount of CNY20/ton on homo-PP and CNY80/ton on LLDPE compared to the previous session to smoothen the sales process. Chinese bidders were seen as more active in procuring competitive cargoes to balance the average costs.

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