23 Aug 2022
Market participants expect on-spec PP cargoes from the producer to reach the market in the coming days as off-grade and near-prime parcels have been offered over the past couple of weeks.
Key contracts on Dalian Commodity Exchange settled the morning session with little changes though it appears that market participants remain uninterested in taking risks even though the Chinese government is escalating the efforts to boost growth.
22 Aug 2022
While Shenhua has managed to increase deal prices for both PP and LLDPE compared to the previous session, the number of deals has fallen sharply, signalling the resistance in the market.
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For the first time since late August 2020, import LDPE film based on CFR China term breaches below the $1100/ton threshold. Buyers are asking for further reductions in order to balance the cargoes purchased in the previous week at higher levels.
Even after the price adjustments coupled with the depreciation of the Chinese Yuan against the US dollar and the plunging shipping costs, Zhongjing’s latest offers are still deemed uncompetitive in Southeast Asia at the moment.
The location gap between China and Southeast Asia has been notably narrowed, which several other Middle Eastern suppliers have been working on, largely to minimize the probability of re-export activities
Market sources said that the stabilized price list is a result of building resistance from buyers and the renewed softening trend in the nearby China market.
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