Propylene Europe Transcript
The ICIS European propylene report is a benchmark report, which means that the prices that we publish are widely referenced in industry contracts.
We cover the contract market, which is a monthly market, and we cover that on a free delivered northwest European basis. This is an industry-agreed price, which means that key producers and key consumers exchange price ideas, and negotiate a new settlement in the last week of every month.
We also cover the spot market both on the chemical grade sector and in the polymer grade sector. We cover prices on an inland basis; on a free delivered (FD) northwest European (NWE) basis; and in the deep-sea market on cost, insurance & freight (CIF) coastal basis.
Market fundamentals such as supply, production issues both planned and unplanned and demand derivatives on the derivative markets downstream are all covered on a weekly basis in the report.