Platts proposes to discontinue NWE PS gross price

Following the introduction of the free-delivered net contract price assessments for Northwest Europe general purpose polystyrene (GPPS) and high impact polystyrene (HIPS) on September 1, 2010, Platts is seeking industry feedback on its proposal to discontinue the European gross contract price assessments for GPPS and HIPS from January 1, 2012.

The proposed discontinuation will impact the following assessments and their respective Oracle codes:

GPPS Currency Oracle codes FD Germany Eur/mt HPAMO00 FD Holland Eur/mt HPAMP00 FD Italy Eur/mt HPAMQ00 FD France Eur/mt HPAMR00 FD Britain Eur/mt PHAMS00 FD Spain Eur/mt HPAWL04 FD NWE CP $/mt PHAIJ00 HIPS Currency Oracle codes FD Germany Eur/mt HPAMT00 FD Holland Eur/mt HPAMU00 FD Italy Eur/mt HPAMV00 FD France Eur/mt HPAMW00 FD Britain Eur/mt PHAMX00 FD Spain Eur/mt HPAWN04 FD NWE CP $/mt PHAIP00

The affected pages where these assessments are proposed to be discontinued will be PCA 276, PCA 263 and the Platts Polymerscan.

Please send feedback by August 1, 2011 to Miguel Cambeiro at miguel_cambeiro@platts.com, Ilana Djelal at ilana_djelal@platts.com, copy petchems@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com.