Platts to discontinue sulfur CFR China spot and contract price assessment May 1

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will discontinue its sulfur CFR China, Spot & Contract (Molten, Crushed, Granular) ($/mt) price assessment, effective May 1, 2025.

Platts first proposed this change on Oct. 30 to discontinue the assessment effective Feb. 6, 2025.

However, after considering market feedback, the discontinuation will be effective May 1, 2025.

The proposal is available here.

The decision to discontinue was based on the limited activity and transparency in the CFR China sulfur contract market, as well as the presence of a parallel assessment covering spot activity for the same markets.

The sulfur CFR China, Spot & Contract (Molten, Crushed, Granular) assessment currently appears under the symbol FSSCB04 in the Sulfur Market Report, and the Platts price database.

The discontinuation will not impact the CFR China Spot (Molten, Crushed, Granular) (FSSCC04) assessment, which reflects an identical range of markets but includes only spot market information rather than both spot and contract data. This assessment will continue to be published.

Please send any feedback, questions and comments to fertilizer@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com .

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