Acrylic acid-Acrylate esters US

The weekly ICIS US Gulf (USG) acrylic acid and acrylate esters report includes monthly contract prices for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate (BA), ethyl acrylate (EA), methyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (known as 2-EHA).

The report has spot ranges from the US Gulf for glycol acrylic acid (GAA), butyl and 2-EHA, which usually moves every week.

To determine what the ranges are, we contact buyers, sellers and traders to get their input on current pricing. We also take into account a broad look at the factors that shape the market, including important movements in the upstream and downstream sectors.

A crucial part of the report is production dynamics because plant shutdowns can have a significant effect on pricing as supply tightens. We closely track developments in global trade flows to keep abreast of the situation.

It is an excellent report for delivering price transparency and explaining the reasons for prices movements.   

Subscribers need to know the dynamics of the market to make their own business decisions on buying and selling, and this report gives them the information they need.

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ICIS price assessments are based on information gathered from a wide cross-section of the market, comprising consumers, producers, traders and distributors from more than 250 reporters world-wide.  Confirmed deals, verified by both buyer and seller, provide the foundation of our price assessments.

Our in-depth market knowledge drives our specialist focus, as we recognise the importance of individual market dynamics and not a one-size-fits-all approach.

Over 25 years of reporting on key chemicals markets, including Acrylic acid-Acrylate esters, has brought global recognition of our methodology as being unbiased, authoritative and rigorous in preserving our editorial integrity.  Our global network of reporters in Houston, London, Singapore, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Mumbai, Perth and Moscow ensures unrivalled coverage of established and emerging markets.