Nippon Oil nominates July benzene ACP on par with June settlement

24 June 2010 11:12  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Japanese benzene producer Nippon Oil has kept its Asia Contract Price (ACP) nomination similar to the company’s June settlement price, a company source said on Thursday.

The company nominated its contract price at $845/tonne ( €684/tonneCFR (cost and freight) Asia, stable from the previous month’s settlement, the source said.

Nippon Oil plans to settle the contract price with its customers on 30 June, the source added.

The benzene ACP is nominated and settled by Nippon Oil and its customers every month.

Some of the key benzene end-users within Japan are styrene monomer (SM) producer Asahi Kasei and phenol maker Mitsui Chemicals.

($1 = €0.81)

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