SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts invites feedback on proposal to consolidate global weekly PE commentaries

Commodity: Petrochemicals Region: Global Subscriber note type: Product Format Change

S&P Global Platts has further extended the consultation period on its proposal to merge the existing weekly commentaries for all polyethylene grades into one commentary for each region in order to streamline coverage of the polyethylene market. Platts continues to seek feedback on its proposal and invites comments by December 19, 2018. Changes would take effect in January 2019.

The merged commentaries would be published in the Polymerscan, Platts Market Center and on the following Platts Petrochemical Alert pages:

PCA 8299 Asian Polyethylene PCA 7299 European Polyethylene PCA 9299 US Polyethylene PCA 9298 Latin American Polyethylene. The following commentary pages would be discontinued:

PCA 0545 Asian HDPE PCA 0958 Asian LDPE PCA 0959 Asian LLDPE

PCA 0515 European HDPE PCA 0513 European LDPE PCA 0514 European LLDPE

PCA 1530 US HDPE PCA 1562 US LDPE PCA 1564 US LLDPE PCA 1554 Latin American HDPE PCA 1556 Latin American LDPE PCA 1558 Latin American LLDPE

Please send your feedback and questions to petchems@spglobal.com with copy to pricegroup@spglobal.com by December 19, 2018. For written comments, please provide a clear indication if the 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 upon request.