Subscriber note: Platts to launch domestic China caustic soda assessments

Platts proposes to launch a weekly China domestic caustic soda assessment in yuan/mt to complement the existing weekly FOB Northeast Asia and CFR Southeast Asia assessments in dollars/mt. The assessment will be launched on May 7, 2013, based on information sourced from the market up to the end of the Platts Market on Close assessment process at 4:30 pm Singapore time (0830 GMT). The domestic China assessment will reflect 32% solution ex-work cargoes of 100-500 mt, traded with letters of credit at sight. Please send queries or comments to pl_asia_petchem@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com by March 31, 2013.