Polystyrene US

The US polystyrene (PS) report covers domestic prices for general purpose polystyrene (GPPS) and high impact polystyrene (HIPS).

ICIS quotes prices in the US on a delivered (DEL) US-basis for bulk and packaged material.

The report covers production news, demand and feedstock costs.

Margins in the PS market have become more stable over the past year, so price variations depend more on feedstock costs, especially that of benzene, so the report gives an overview of the benzene market each week.

Because the US market is constantly buffeted by internationally traded feedstock prices, the ICIS report provides a useful global view of US market conditions and how global trends effect pricing going forward.

Whether you are a buyer, producer or trader, the weekly ICIS US Polystyrene Margin report will help you understand how costs and prices affect product profitability.

Use ICIS cost and profit models to get a better understanding of how feedstock and operational costs  affect polystyrene (PS) production margins, enabling  you to analyse factors critical to production planning, trading and settling contracts.

This report is designed to complement the ICIS US Polystyrene price report by covering integrated and standalone production of general purpose polystyrene (GPPS) and high impact polystyrene (HIPS). Margins are calculated for integrated and standalone production based on contract prices as well as for standalone production based on purchases of spot styrene and sales of contract GPPS or HIPS.

The models track various market factors and combine ICIS’s benchmark price assessments with plant manufacturing and feedstock yield data provided by Linde Engineering.

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The ICIS US Polystyrene Margin  report enables you to:

- Review the weekly movements in variable costs and margins for integrated and standalone production of GPPS and HIPS

- Understand the various factors driving PS profits and anticipate their impact on your business

- Validate your market analysis

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 Polystyrene, 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.