SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Laycan changed to 5-30 days forward on NWE aromatics, methanol Jan 2

Platts will change the delivery range for the European benzene, toluene, mixed xylenes, paraxylene, orthoxylene, styrene and methanol markets to 5-30 days with effect from January 2, 2014. Platts originally proposed to change the assessment window from 3-30 to 5-30 days forward in a subscriber note published on August 9, 2013. The affected assessments appear in the Europe and Americas Petrochemical Scan, on the Platts Petrochemical Alert and in the Platts market price database. A full list of postings that will be affected, along with the relevant codes, is provided below. Please send all questions and comments to petchems@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com.

SYMBOL POSTED PRICE AAOAX00 Benzene CIF ARA PHAAJ00 Benzene FOB ARA AASFD00 TDI toluene FOB ARA PHAFW00 T2 nitration toluene FOB ARA AAOQP00 Styrene FOB ARA AAILD00 Paraxylene FOB ARA PHABD00 Virgin xylene FOB ARA PHAAW00 Solvent xylene FOB ARA PHABK00 Orthoxylene FOB ARA HPACQ10 Metahnol FOB Rotterdam