Chemicals, Solvents & Intermediates, Olefins, Polymers

January 06, 2025

Platts starts publishing $/mt conversions for daily and weekly R-PET, R-LDPE and nylon European assessments

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has launched US dollar conversions for its existing daily and weekly recycled polyethylene terephthalate, recycled low-density polyethylene and nylon spot price assessments, effective Jan. 6.

The $/mt conversions mirror the specifications of Platts existing R-PET FD NWE, R-PET FD UK, and R-LDPE and nylon DDP NWE spot assessments and follow the UK publishing schedule.

The original assessments, new $/mt calculations and their respective symbols are as follows:

Assessments Code Weekly average Conversion using Eur/USD rate AAFCW00 Code Weekly avergaes
Post-consumer PET bottles bales FD NWE Eur/mt APCBA04 APCBB04 Post-consumer PET bottles bales FD NWE $/mt AMCAD00 AMCAD04
Recycled-PET flakes FD NWE Eur/mt AAVKX00 AAVKX04 Recycled-PET flakes FD NWE $/mt AMCAA00 AMCAA04
Recycled-PET flakes FD UK Eur/mt AAVKZ00 AAVKZ04 Recycled-PET flakes FD UK $/mt AMCAB00 AMCAB04
Recycled-PET Food Grade Pellets FD NWE Eur/mt ARPGA04 ARPGE04 Recycled-PET Food Grade Pellets FD NWE $/mt AMCAI00 AMCAI04
Recycled-PET Food Grade pellets FD UK Eur/mt ARPGC04 ARPGF04 Recycled-PET Food Grade pellets FD UK $/mt AMCAJ00 AMCAJ04
Recycled-PET Light Blue Flakes DDP Southern Europe Eur/mt ABFLA00 ABFLA04 Recycled-PET Light Blue Flakes DDP Southern Europe $/mt AMCAC00 AMCAC04
Recycled-PET Mixed Colored Flakes FD NWE Eur/mt ARPFA00 ARPFA04 Recycled-PET Mixed Colored Flakes FD NWE $/mt AMCAG00 AMCAG04
Recycled-PET Mixed Colored Flakes FD UK Eur/mt ARPFC00 ARPFC04 Recycled-PET Mixed Colored Flakes FD UK $/mt AMCAH00 AMCAH04
Post-Use LDPE Grade A Bales DDP NWE Eur/mt ARTPB00 ARTPB04 Post-Use LDPE Grade A Bales DDP NWE $/mt AMCAR00 AMCAR04
Post-Use LDPE Grade B Bales DDP NWE Eur/mt ARTPC00 ARTPC04 Post-Use LDPE Grade B Bales DDP NWE $/mt AMCAL00 AMCAL04
Recycled LDPE Black Pellets DDP NWE Eur/mt ARBPA00 ARBPA04 Recycled LDPE Black Pellets DDP NWE $/mt AMCAE00 AMCAE04
Recycled LDPE Grey Pellets DDP NWE Eur/mt ARGPA00 ARGPA04 Recycled LDPE Grey Pellets DDP NWE $/mt AMCAF00 AMCAF04
Recycled LDPE Translucent Pellets DDP NWE Eur/mt ARTPA00 ARTPA04 Recycled LDPE Translucent Pellets DDP NWE $/mt AMCAK00 AMCAK04
Adipic Acid DDP Northwest Europe Eur/mt CADIE01 CADIE41 Adipic Acid DDP Northwest Europe $/mt AMCAM00 AMCAM04
Bright-Grade Nylon-6 Resin DDP Northwest Europe Eur/mt CPA6E01 CPA6E41 Bright-Grade Nylon-6 Resin DDP Northwest Europe $/mt AMCAQ00 AMCAQ04
Caprolactam DDP Northwest Europe Eur/mt CCPLE01 CCPLE41 Caprolactam DDP Northwest Europe $/mt AMCAN00 AMCAN04
Cyclohexane DDP Northwest Europe Eur/mt CCXXE01 CCXXE41 Cyclohexane DDP Northwest Europe $/mt AMCAO00 AMCAO04
Nylon-66 Engineering Grade Resin DDP Northwest Europe Eur/mt CN66E01 CN66E41 Nylon-66 Engineering Grade Resin DDP Northwest Europe $/mt AMCAP00 AMCAP04

The calculations are available in the Platts price database and Platts Connect under the symbols listed above and will also be published in Sustainable Polymerscan and Fiber Marketscan effective Jan. 8 and Jan. 9, respectively.

The calculations for R-LDPE and R-PET can also be found on Platts Market Center and Platts Chemical Alert (PCA) pages 0503 and 0574.

Full details of Platts Chemical specifications can be found here .

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