Chemicals, Polymers

May 06, 2026

Platts launches weekly CFR Egypt and CFR West Africa PVC spot price assessments

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, has launched new weekly polyvinyl chloride spot assessments for the Egyptian and West African markets on a cost and freight basis, effective May 6.

The new assessments provide transparency to African PVC markets and reflect growing import activity, while complementing the existing Platts suite of European and Turkish PVC assessments.

Details of the new assessments are as follows:

Assessment Ethylene-based PVC K67 Ethylene-based PVC K67
Basis and location CFR Egypt, Main ports CFR West Africa, basis Apapa, Nigeria
Cargo size (standard basis) 200 mt 200 mt
Laycan 15-45 days forward 30-60 days forward
UOM $/mt $/mt
Specifications Ethylene-based PVC with a K-value of 67 Ethylene-based PVC with a K-value of 67

The launch follows a proposal note published March 10, available here, and a decision note published March 27, available here.

The assessments take into consideration price information gathered up to the close of the assessment process at 4.30 pm Wednesday London time, including firm bids and offers, trades and indicative values, as well as any other data deemed relevant to the assessment process.

The weekly assessments appear on fixed pages PCA 260 and PCA 239, and in Polymerscan and on S&P Global Energy Core under the following symbols:

Assessment Symbol - Weekly Monthly Average
Ethylene-based PVC Susp CFR Egypt PVSCA00 PVSCA03
Ethylene-based PVC Susp CFR West Africa PVSCB00 PVSCB03

The weekly assessments are published on Wednesday, alongside a weekly commentary.

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