Platts to expand its petcoke market reporting with CFR Brazil assessment

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, will launch a CFR Brazil petroleum coke price assessment, effective Aug. 19, 2026.

The assessment aims to provide more transparency on the market for US-origin petcoke delivered to Brazil.

Brazil finished 2025 as the third-largest market for US petcoke exports, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea data, bringing in 3.53 million metric tons. It also finished third behind India and China in the first half of 2026, with 1.57 million mt imported.

Platts previously proposed the assessments in a note available here.

The specifications of the price assessment are as follows:

Platts will also publish a monthly and quarterly average for the assessment. Cargoes of other grades, qualities and location origins may be normalized for assessment purposes.

The weekly assessment will follow the US holiday calendar. If a holiday falls on a Wednesday, the assessment would be conducted on the previous non-holiday weekday.

Full details of Platts' petcoke assessments can be found in the Global Coal Specifications Guide, available here. Please send all feedback, comments, and questions to coal@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

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