Chemicals, Fertilizers
July 03, 2025
Platts amends four Americas sulfur price assessments specifications July 3
Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has amended the specifications of four Americas sulfur price assessments, effective July 3.
Based on market analysis and feedback, the amendments are aimed at providing a more detailed and up-to-date coverage of the sulfur markets.
The changes include introducing new "close" values for all four assessments and refining and evolving specifications such as quantity, timing, and loading and discharge ports to better reflect the sulfur spot market activity dynamics in the Americas region.
The existing low and high values have been formulated automatically at an interval of $1/mt above and below the "close" value.
The revised specifications for the Americas weekly sulfur assessments are summarized as follows:
| Old specifications | New specifications effective July 3 | |
| Assessment name | Solid Sulfur CFR Brazil Spot $/mt Wkly (FSSBB04) | Solid Sulfur CFR Brazil Spot (FSSBB04) |
| Quality | Granular sulfur in bulk | Granular sulfur in bulk |
| Quantity | Minimum 6,000 mt | 15,000-40,000 mt |
| Basis and Location | Spot sales, CFR. Discharge ports: typically Santos, Paranagua, Aratu and Fortaleza | CFR Santos, São Paulo |
| Timing | Shipment 30 days forward | Delivery four to seven weeks forward from the date of publication |
| Frequency | Weekly | Weekly, every Thursday |
| Unit of assessment | $/mt | $/mt |
| Timestamp | 4:30 pm São Paulo, published according to the São Paulo publishing calendar | 1630 São Paulo, published according to the São Paulo publishing calendar |
| Old specifications | New specifications effective July 3 | |
| Assessment name | Solid Sulfur FOB California $/mt Wkly (FSSCE04) | Solid Sulfur FOB California (FSSCE04) |
| Quality | Granular sulfur in bulk | Granular sulfur in bulk |
| Quantity | Minimum 6,000 mt | 30,000-50,000 mt |
| Basis and Location | Long Beach and Stockton | FOB Long Beach, Los Angeles |
| Timing | Product to be shipped up to 30 days forward | Loading four to six weeks forward from the date of publication |
| Frequency | Weekly | Weekly, every Thursday |
| Unit of assessment | $/mt | $/mt |
| Timestamp | 4:30 pm São Paulo, published according to the São Paulo publishing calendar | 1630 São Paulo, published according to the São Paulo publishing calendar |
| Old specifications | New specifications effective July 3 | |
| Assessment name | Solid Sulfur FOB Vancouver CP $/mt Wkly (FSSVA04) | Solid Sulfur FOB Vancouver CP (FSSVA04) |
| Quality | Granular sulfur in bulk | Granular sulfur in bulk |
| Quantity | Minimum 6,000 mt | 30,000-60,000 mt |
| Basis and Location | Loading ports: Vancouver. Based on spot sales on a FOB Vancouver basis or netbacks on CFR sales, competitive offers/firm bids. In the absence of representative FOB Vancouver price information, Platts may also refer to CFR prices in relevant destinations and will use prevailing spot freight rates and origin adjustments to normalize to FOB Vancouver. Contract denotes tonnage loaded as part of a supply agreement but priced on a cargo-by-cargo basis. | Contract only; basis FOB Vancouver, Canada |
| Timing | Product to be shipped up to 30 days forward | (Contract price) Loading three to six weeks from the date of publication |
| Frequency | Weekly | Weekly , every Thursday |
| Unit of assessment | $/mt | $/mt |
| Timestamp | 4:30 pm São Paulo, published according to the São Paulo publishing calendar | 1630 São Paulo, published according to the São Paulo publishing calendar |
| Old specifications | New specifications effective July 3 | |
| Assessment name | Solid Sulfur FOB Vancouver $/mt Wkly (FSSVB04) | Solid Sulfur FOB Vancouver (FSSVB04) |
| Quality | Granular sulfur in bulk | Granular sulfur in bulk |
| Quantity | Minimum 6,000 mt | 30,000-60,000 mt |
| Basis and Location | Loading ports: Vancouver. Based on spot sales on a FOB Vancouver basis or netbacks on CFR sales, competitive offers/firm bids. In the absence of representative FOB Vancouver price information, Platts may also refer to CFR prices in relevant destinations and will use prevailing spot freight rates and origin adjustments to normalize to FOB Vancouver. Contract denotes tonnage loaded as part of a supply agreement but priced on a cargo-by-cargo basis. | Spot only; basis FOB Vancouver |
| Timing | Product to be shipped up to 30 days forward | Loading three to six weeks from the date of publication |
| Frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Unit of assessment | $/mt | $/mt |
| Timestamp | 4:30 pm São Paulo, published according to the São Paulo publishing calendar | 1630 São Paulo, published according to the São Paulo publishing calendar |
These assessments are published in the Fertecon Sulphur Market Report and are also available on Platts Connect.
Platts originally proposed to amend the four specifications on May 14 in a subscriber note available here followed by a decision note available here.
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