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Polyester value chain shows mixed trend in global markets last week

06 Jun '22
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Polyester value chain showed a mixed trend last week in global markets. While price of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) moved downside, price of monoethylene glycol (MEG) gained. Prices of few upstream products of the value chain remained stable, while there was movement in downstream products. Crude oil, the source material, gained last week.

PTA price came down to $995 per ton (CFR) in southeast Asia market. It was noted at $1000 per ton on May 30 and 31, which increased to $1005 per ton June 1, but again dropped to $995 per ton on June 2. The price remained steady on June 3, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.

The price of PTA was $965 per ton (FOB) in Korea, $955 per ton (CFR) in China, RMB 6,775 per ton in China, €676 per ton (FD) in north-west Europe, and $0.46 per lb (FOB) in US Gulf.

MEG price rose to $645 (CFR) per ton in southeast Asia on June 1, compared to $620 per ton on June 30 and $625 per ton on May 31. The price remained unchanged on June 2 and 3. MEG was traded at $630 (CNF) in China, RMB 4,920 per ton in China, €812 per ton (CIF) in NW Europe and $0.29 per lb (FOB) in US Gulf.

In southeast Asia, the price of polyester stable fibre (PSF) improved to $1,255 (FOB) on May 31 from $1,245 per ton the previous day. However, the price remained steady till June 3.

In China, the price of polyester filament yarn (POY 150D/48F) also increased to RMB 9,925 per ton June 3, from RMB 9,875 per ton on May 30. The price of polyester filament yarn (DTY 150D/48F) surged from RMB 9,350 per ton to RMB 9,450 per ton on June 3. However, the price of polyester filament yarn (FDY 75D/36F) declined from RMB 8,550 per ton to RMB 8,700 per ton on June 3.


In southeast Asia, the price of ethylene stayed steady at $1155 (CFR) per ton, while that of bottle grade polyester terephthalate was at $1,360 (FOB) per ton, and paraxylene at $1280 (CFR) per ton.

In Indian market, the price of PTA declined by ₹200 to ₹97,000 per ton, while MEG gained ₹1500 to ₹61,900 per ton on June 4. The price of PSF increased further from ₹125,000 to ₹126,000 per ton. MELT was noted at ₹100,640 per ton, as per TexPro.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)

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