Chemicals, Aromatics
February 18, 2026
Platts to change Americas aromatics coverage
Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, will change its Americas aromatics market coverage to better reflect typical market practice and provide enhanced insights to its customers, effective April 10, 2026.
Platts first proposed changes to its aromatics coverage on Jan. 30, 2026, in a subscriber note available here.
FREQUENCY: Platts will assess its US Gulf commercial-grade toluene and orthoxylene and its FOB Brazil mixed xylene and nitration-grade toluene spot price assessments on a daily basis, changing from a weekly (Fridays) frequency. This change will better reflect changes in market value in these markets and align with the frequency of Platts nitration-grade toluene and mixed xylenes assessments.
LAYCAN: Platts will change the loading laycan of its orthoxylene spot price, mixed xylene FOB Brazil and nitration grade toluene FOB Brazil to a current-month loading. The month will roll to the next month five calendar days prior to the end of the month. Currently, these assessments reflect a 3-30 day forward loading laycan.
A full list of the changes is below:
| Symbol description | Symbol | New Frequency | Current Frequency | New Laycan | Current Laycan | New Publishing Calendar | Current Publishing Calendar |
| Commercial grade toluene M1 FOB US Gulf | PHAAO00 | Daily (weekdays) | Weekly (Friday) | Current month | Current month | US | US |
| Orthoxylene FOB US Gulf | PHABG00 | Daily (weekdays) | Weekly (Friday) | Current month | 3-30 days forward | US | US |
| Mixed Xylenes FOB Brazil | AASAQ04 | Daily (weekdays) | Weekly (Friday) | Current month | 3-30 days forward | US | Brazil |
| Nitration Grade Toluene FOB Brazil | AASAP04 | Daily (weekdays) | Weekly (Friday) | Current month | 3-30 days forward | US | Brazil |
The assessments can be found in Europe and Americas Petrochemicalscan, on S&P Global Energy Core, in the Platts Price Point Database and on Petrochemical Alert fixed pages PCA0234, PCA0325, PCA0327, PCA0333 and PCA0434.
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