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ICIS provides independent and unbiased pricing information, news and market analysis for the global Aromatics markets. Our suite of services will give you the prices, and analysis of the factors driving the prices, that you need to make confident commercial decisions.

Our network of price reporters and analysts, based in Asia, Europe and the Americas, deliver local insight for each of these markets. Understand the factors driving the European market in the daily aromatics price report and get a view of the individual Benzene, Styrene, Xylene and Toluene markets through the suite of individual regional reports, news service and real time price alerts.

What's covered in the ICIS Aromatics reports

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The European daily aromatics report covers spot markets including benzene, styrene, toluene and paraxylene.


The benzene quotation depicts the current month, and the forward month and is quoted on a CIF ARA basis. The range is made up from confirmed deals done throughout the day’s trading.


In the absence of any spot deals, the range is set using the lowest bid and highest offer recorded in the market on that particular day.


The styrene quotation mirrors that of benzene, as in the way the information is gathered and published. However the quotation is on a Free On Board, Rotterdam basis.


Paraxylene and toluene quotations are both for the current month. The information is gathered in exactly the same way as benzene and styrene both quotes are on a Free On Board, Rotterdam basis.


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We offer the following regional Aromatics analysis and news coverage to keep you informed of factors and developments affecting prices in the Aromatics marketplace.

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