The ICIS Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) Report is published weekly in Asia and Europe
- Spot price assessments are provided for the key China market, the Indian market as well as information on monthly contract settlements in China and Taiwan
- CFR China Main Port (CMP) spot quotation is an important benchmark in the industry and is split into two categories to reflect anti-dumping duties
- The PTA market is highly dependent on feedstock paraxylene (PX) and as such the weekly updates are for FD NWE monthly contract prices for PTA and for PX
- The data is assessed using ICIS intelligence about upstream and downstream markets, including logistics, seasonal variance and historical data