SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts adds third laycan to Asia PX markers

Platts will add a third half-month marker laycan to its daily Asian paraxylene assessments for FOB Korea and CFR Taiwan/China on January 4, 2016.

This is being done to capture more forward trading activity and to better reflect bids, offers and trades for the next full month after ports have been declared for the prompt month.

Platts reserves the right to review activity in the prompt laycan as warranted.

The additional marker laycan will be the fifth half-month laycan. For example, the marker in H1 January consists of H1 and H2 February, and the additional marker laycan will be H1 March.

Please send any feedback or questions to petchems@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com. For written comments, please provide a clear indication if comments are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing. Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.