MOSCOW (MRC) -- Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, has increased its September list and off-list selling prices for Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as per the company's press release.
The price rise below is for orders shipped on or after 18 September, 2019 , or as contracts otherwise allow, and is incremental to any previously announced increases.
Thus, VAM prices rose by EUR50/mt for Europe, the Middle East & Africa.
As MRC reported earlier, Celanese last raised its VAM prices for the stated above regions and Asia on 30 July, 2019, by EUR125/mt.
According to MRC's DataScope report, July EVA imports to Russia increased by 4% year on year to 3,490 tonnes from 3,350 tonnes in July 2018, and overall imports of this grade of ethylene copolymer into the Russian Federation decreased in January-July 2019 by 14, 3% year on year to 22,440 tonnes (26,170 tonnes in the first seven months of 2018).
Celanese Corporation is a global technology leader in the production of differentiated chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in most major industries and consumer applications. Based in Dallas, Celanese employs approximately 7,700 employees worldwide and had 2018 net sales of USD7.2 billion.
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