SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts to launch domestic Argentina HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE assessments

Following a period of market feedback, S&P Global Platts will launch weekly Argentina domestic spot polyethylene price assessments from November 8, 2017. The new assessments are for high density polyethylene, linear low-density butene polyethylene and low-density polyethylene to reflect delivery in the greater Buenos Aires area by rail car or truck for the specifications below, in US dollars/mt and converted to Argentine pesos.

Specifications for the polyethylene grades are: LDPE with a melt flow index of 1.8-2.5; LLDPE butene-1 grade with a melt flow rate of around 1.0; the HDPE grades are HDPE film, blowmolding and injection -- HDPE blowmolding and HDPE film grade with a melt flow rate 0.25 and higher, HDPE injection grade with a melt flow rate of 2.0-25.

Prices are for resin delivered 3-30 days from date of publication in Buenos Aires and do not include taxes. Cargo sizes are 100-300/mt with a letter of credit of 60-90 days. Assessments reflect prices at 1:30 pm in the US' central time zone each Wednesday.

Please direct any questions or comments to petchems@spglobal.com with a copy to pricegroup@spglobal.com. 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 these comments available on request.