SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts to discontinue weekly MX contract assessment Sep 1

Effective September 1, Platts is to discontinue its weekly US mixed xylenes contract assessment due to changes in market dynamics.

A market-wide contract settlement is no longer openly available and as such the market no longer references or uses the published settlement.

Platts last published a weekly US mixed xylene contract assessment in January 2015, when a settlement was last disclosed by the parties involved and verified per Platts methodology.

This assessment is listed under the following codes in the Platts price database: Mixed Xylene USG CP PHBHT03.

These assessments are also published in the Platts Petrochemical Alert on page 329 and page 234.

Please send any additional feedback or questions to petchems@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com.