PX & polyester yarn trends stable, MEG shoots up
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Balfour [2011-09-07]
Paraxylene (PX) price remained stable in Asian markets at around US$ 1695/ton. In S E Asian region, price was quoted in between US$ 1690/ton to US$ 1700/ton. In the F E Asian market, price hovered in the range of US$ 1685/ton to US$ 1695/ton. In Chinese market, price went up to near about US$ 1690/ton.
In S E Asia, PTA price inclined marginally. In Chinese market, offer price hovered in between RMB 10200/ton to RMB 10325/ton. In Asian market, PTA price remained range bound in between US$ 1310/ton to US$ 1315/ton. PTA imported from Taiwanese market was quoted around US$ 1310/ton.
Ethylene price moved southward to US$ 1100/ton in S E Asian market. In F E Asian market, price was in the range of US$ 1060/ton to US$ 1070/ton. In European domestic market, price was in the range of 990/ton to 1000/ton and in imported goods, it was in between US$ 1380/ton to US$ 1385/ton. In U.S.A market, last selling offers for ethylene were in the range of 63.30 cents/pound to 63.60 cents/pound.
MEG price shot up to around US$ 1295/ton to US$ 1300/ton. In Indian markets, price of MEG stabilised to around US$ 1295/ton to US$ 1305/ton and in domestic Chinese market, MEG price was in the range of RMB 9875/ton to RMB 9990/ton.
BGPET Chips price was stable in S E Asian region and was assessed between US$ 1740/ton to US$ 1750/ton. In F E Asian markets, selling offers were around US$ 1745/ton for exportable goods. In Chinese market BG PET Chip was at RMB 13300/ton.
FGPET Chips prices in Korean markets remained stable at US$ 1630/ton to US$ 1645/ton and in Indian market; it was assessed in the range of US$ 1635/ton to US$ 1640/ton. In Chinese market FG PET Chip was at RMB 12550/ton to RMB 12700/ton.
PSF price did not change in N E Asian market. PSF offers hovered in the range of US$ 1975/ton to US$ 1985/ton. In S E Asian market, PSF offers were around US$ 1980/ton. In Chinese domestic market, PSF offers were in the range of RMB 13400/ton to RMB 13500/ton.
Polyester yarn prices in Chinese domestic market were stable. Offers for POY and FDY were at RMB 14600/ton and RMB 14650/ton. Selling offers for DTY were stable around RMB 16200/ton. In export market offers for POY, FDY and DTY were at US$ 1995/ton, 1990/ton and US$ 2210/ton, respectively.