Polyethylene Asia

ICIS publishes a weekly Asia polyethylene (PE) report that covers China and southeast Asia (SE Asia) import prices.

ICIS also publishes a separate weekly PE report that focuses on China’s domestic market and provides a price alert service that tracks China’s daily PE import prices.

In the two decades since we launched our first Asia PE report, in 1990, we have responded to changes in the market, with the addition of new price assessments, and by expanding our coverage of the southeast Asian markets.

Our China-focused PE report was launched in 2006 to assess the domestic retail trade, as part of our response to the growing interest in what was happening in China’s domestic market.

Our price assessments reflect the transactions, bids and offers captured throughout the week. Our reports also include planned maintenance, schedules and outages, which might influence price movements.

We speak to resin processors, traders and producers to obtain information on the week’s trades. We have an in-depth market knowledge and an extensive network of industry contacts, plus a global team of editors reporting from China, Singapore, London and Houston, Texas.

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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 Polyethylene, 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.