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(ICIS) -- Polyethylene (PE) and
polypropylene (PP) import prices in India are likely to increase this week on
the back of an expected restocking activity, with active plastics trades in the
key China market providing an upward momentum on prices, industry sources said
on Tuesday. Indian converters are low on stocks and are expected to tap the spot
market soon for cargoes, they said.
Buying and selling indications for various PE and PP grades heard on
Monday are generally higher than discussion levels last week, which marked the
end of the price decline, market players said.
“Prices have finally bottomed
out. This is good news,” a trader based in Mumbai said.
Linear low density PE (LLDPE) film cargoes from Saudi Arabia were offered
at $1,300-1,310/tonne (?949-956/tonne) CFR (cost & freight) Mumbai on 14
November, while high density PE (HDPE) film parcels were offered at $1,340/tonne
CFR Mumbai for shipment in December, industry sources said.
A Saudi producer announced on 14 November a $20/tonne increase across all
PE and PP grades for December parcels. The new offers are at $1,385/tonne CFR
Mumbai for LDPE, $1,325/tonne CFR Mumbai for HDPE blow moulding and $1,395/tonne
CFR Mumbai for PP raffia/injection, Mumbai-based traders said.
Perspectives of development of polymer markets, pricing issues and
other important aspects will be discussed at The Polymers
Summit-2011, which will be held in Moscow on November 30, 2011 at the
Ritz Carlton Hotel. The Summit will be organized by MRC with the support of
ICIS. The main idea of the Summit is to find a "the golden mean" between
producers and converters. When producers receive exactly such margin of
production, which helps them to invest in production expansion in order to
substitute polymers imports, and the converters receive such price of feedstock
that helps them to compete imported finished products. The Summit site gives an
access to the live video of the Summit, speakers" presentations, as well as
opportunities to ask questions or make appointments to any Summit
partcipant.
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