MOSCOW (MRC) -- Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, has increased September list and off-list selling prices for Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) sold in the Americas, said the producer on its site.
The price increases below are effective for orders shipped on or after 15 September 2020, or as contracts otherwise allow, and are incremental to any previously announced increases.
Thus, VAM prices rose, as follows:
- by USD0.10/lb - for the USA and Canada;
- by USD250/mt - for Mexico & South America.
As MRC reported earlier, Celanese last raised its VAM prices in the Americas on 14 August, 2020, as stated below:
- by USD0.03/lb - for the USA and Canada;
- by USD125/mt - for Mexico & South America.
According to MRC's DataScope report, June EVA imports to Russia fell by 22,5% year on year to 2,940 tonnes from 3,800 tonnes a year earlier, and overall imports of this grade of ethylene copolymer into the Russian Federation dropped in January-June 2020 by 8,16% year on year to 17,440 tonnes (18,980 tonnes a year earlier).
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 2019 net sales of USD6.3 billion.
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