08 Jul 2024 | 09:14 UTC

Platts changes the publishing schedule for India/South Asia chemical assessments

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will publish its India/South Asia chemical assessments in line with the India publishing schedule beginning July 8, 2024.

These assessments followed the Singapore publishing schedule previously.

From July 8, 2024, daily India/South Asia chemical assessments will not be published during India public holidays. Weekly assessments falling on Indian public holidays will be published one day in advance.

For example, for 2024, weekly assessments for Aug. 15, Oct. 2, Oct. 31 and Nov. 15 will be published one day in advance on Aug. 14, Oct.1, Oct. 29 and Nov. 14, respectively.

A full list of the publishing schedule for 2024 is below:

India Holiday Dates Published Day Prior Affected Publications Change from July 2024
Independence Day Aug. 15, Thursday Yes Solventswire, Asia Petrochemicalscan Yes, weekly assessments published day prior
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti Oct. 2, Wednesday Yes Polymerscan, Asia Petrochemicalscan Yes, weekly assessments published day prior
Diwali Oct 31, Thursday NA NA No change
Guru Nanak Jayanti Nov. 15, Friday Yes Solventswire, Asia Petrochemicalscan Yes, weekly assessments published day prior
Christmas Dec. 25, Wednesday NA NA No change

The full list of affected assessments and their codes is available here: Assessments affected by introduction of India publishing schedule.

These assessments appear in Polymerscan, Solventswire and Asia Petrochemical scan.

The assessments' time stamp will remain unchanged at 4:30 pm SGT, or 2 pm IST.

As part of this change, Platts will start publishing stand-alone commentaries and rationales for its India/South Asia price assessments to provide deeper insights on these markets.

For full details of Platts' publishing schedule, refer to the Pricing Holiday Schedule .

Platts published the decision to change its India/South Asia chemical assessments in line with the India publishing schedule in a subscriber note on June 6 here.

Please send any questions or comments to petchems@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com. For written comments, please provide a clear indication if comments are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing. Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available to the public upon request.