Polypropylene Middle East-South Asia

The weekly ICIS Middle East/South Asia Polypropylene (PP) report provides key price quotes for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the east Mediterranean, as well as for India and Pakistan.

ICIS has consistently grown the report in line with customer expectations since we extended our polymers coverage to the Middle East/south Asia region in 1997. Today, the report includes assessments of grades such as raffia, injection film and block copolymer.

In the commentary, we provide information on deals, bids and offers, which form the bedrock of published assessments, and bring out the factors behind the price movements.

Price drivers – such as feedstock costs, and supply and demand fundamentals – are analysed, and the commentary also offers important production information such as scheduled and unscheduled shutdowns and start-ups of new plants.

Free trade changes, which have a significant impact on PP prices, are also tracked.

We talk to a wide cross section of the market, including buyers and sellers. This ensures that our information is as relevant and as accurate as possible – and therefore of use to our readers in their trading and business decisions.

With ICIS’ status as an objective and independent pricing agency, its ICIS PP report is used as a dominant benchmark by market players in the Middle East and as a reference in south Asia.

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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 Polypropylene, 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.