Chemicals, Polymers

February 06, 2024

Platts proposes to discontinue US PE, PP domestic contract price assessments

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, proposes to discontinue the weekly price assessments for US domestic contract polyethylene and polypropylene effective July 1, 2024, considering a lack of contract market transparency and consistency.

After the discontinuation date, Platts will continue to provide insight into the domestic PE and PP markets as part of its export PE and PP coverage.

The PE and PP assessments are currently published in Polymerscan, Platts Dimensions Pro/Platts Connect and Platts Market Center, as well as in the Price point database under the following symbols:

Description Symbol $/mt conversion M.Avg
HDPE B/Mldg US Domestic Dlvd Railcar cts/lb Weekly AALBL00 AASJG00 AALBM00
HDPE Inj US Domestic Dlvd Railcar cts/lb Weekly AALBN00 AASJH00 AALBO00
HDPE Film US Domestic Dlvd Railcar cts/lb Weekly AALBP00 AASJA00 AALBQ00
LDPE US Domestic Dlvd Railcar cts/lb Weekly AAGZN00 AASIY00 AAGNL00
LLDPE Butene US Domestic Dlvd Railcar cts/lb Weekly AAGZO00 AASIZ00 AAGNM00
PP Homo Inj US Domestic Dlvd Railcar cts/lb Weekly AAGZL00 AASJK00 AAGNJ00
PP Fiber US Domestic Dlvd Railcar cts/lb Weekly AAGZM00 AASJL00 AALBS00

Please send any questions, comments or feedback by March 29, 2024, to petchems@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

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