Ethylene glycol Asia

ICIS experts closely follow the Asian ethylene glycol (MEG) markets to give you access to comprehensive, accurate and timely pricing information, market commentary and news.

Asia Ethylene Glycol Weekly

ICIS publishes a weekly report for the Asian ethylene glycol (MEG) industry. The weekly coverage includes spot price assessments for China’s import and domestic market as well as other key price drivers such as supply/demand, production, feedstock movements and downstream polyester sectors.

The ICIS cost & freight (CFR) China Main Port (CMP)  quote for MEG is widely recognised by the industry, with the majority of MEG producers, traders and buyers using the report as a benchmark for their transactions.

ICIS has covered the Asian market for more than 15 years and our prices are now the industry benchmark. Our subscribers rely on our reports to provide the reliable and timely information they need to make profitable trade.

Asia Ethylene Glycol Daily

The ICIS Asia Ethylene Glycol (MEG) daily report supplements the detailed market coverage and analysis in the weekly price report. The daily update enables industry players to access information on time-sensitive deals, price movements and production news. It gives you reliable information you can use to react quickly to opportunities and take advantage of short-term arbitrage windows.

Each daily report includes deals, bids and offers for two widely transacted quotes – Cost & Freight (CFR) China Main Port (CMP) and Ex-Tank China.

The information of downstream polyester industry and an evaluation of key price drivers are also included, along with a detailed analysis of spot trading activities taken place in China - one of the most influential MEG markets in the region.

Whether you are a buyer, seller or trader, the weekly ICIS Ethylene Glycol (EG) Asia margin report will help you understand how costs and prices affect product profitability.

The report is designed to complement ICIS’s Ethylene Glycol (Asia Pacific) price report by covering integrated production of monoethylene glycol (MEG) from naphtha, the dominant cracker feedstock in Asia, and standalone (or non-integrated) production from ethylene with the northeast and southeast Asia models considered.

The MEG models combine ICIS’s benchmark price assessments with oxygen yield model data provided by industrial gas consultants Esprit Associates and cracker feedstock yield model data by Linde Engineering, a division of Linde. The models provide you with a clear indication of the direction of business cash costs and cash margins, allowing you to form a basis for informed market positioning.

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The EG margin report enables you to:

• Have a consistent overview of costs and feedstock price movements affecting your business
• Analyse the directional trends of integrated and standalone production cash margins
• Have a benchmark for your cost and margin-based business
• Validate your market analysis and have a better understanding of the market’s dynamics to facilitate and allow you to make more informed business decisions

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 Ethylene glycol, 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.