Access to timely and accurate information on prices, supply, demand and trading activities for these regions allow you to monitor and stay on top of the latest market developments.
The ICIS weekly price report covering the Asian and Middle Eastern LAB/LAS industries delivers information needed by producers, traders and end-users to identify business opportunities in the region and guide them with their contract negotiations.
ICIS has a global network of reporters in Houston, London, Singapore, Shanghai, Mumbai and Moscow, providing unrivalled coverage of established and emerging markets. Our locally based experts report on prices and the factors driving prices in their region, generating a depth of insight that is only possible by developing contacts and building local knowledge.
This local market insight, combined with our expertise in price reporting, enables us to produce independent and unbiased price assessments, relied upon by key market makers for their decision making.
Our petrochemical and chemical pricing information is published in individual reports, dependent on the different regions we cover, for markets such as Linear alkylbenzene & sulphonate.
We offer the following regional Linear alkylbenzene & sulphonate analysis and news coverage to keep you informed of factors and developments affecting prices in the Asia & Middle East Linear alkylbenzene & sulphonate marketplace.
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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 Linear alkylbenzene & sulphonate, 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.
Linear alkylbenzene (LAB) is an organic compound with the formula C6H5CnH2n+1, where n is typically between 11 and 12. LAB is used almost wholly as an intermediate in the production of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS), which is a surfactant.
The ICIS Asia/Middle East Linear Alkylbenzene & Sulphonate (LAB/LAS) price report gives producers, traders and end-users access to unbiased price assessments for Asia and the Middle East. You can use this weekly pricing information as a benchmark for your transactions.
Insights into the various factors influencing prices give you a view of where the market is heading and allow you to anticipate the best time to buy and sell LAB/LAS.
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ICIS collects pricing data on a wide range of chemical, energy and fertilizer products, including Linear alkylbenzene & sulphonate. Our extensive experience in price reporting means we can offer you access to historical data dating back more than 20 years for certain commodities.
Our time series of pricing data enables you to build and model trends, to get a view of where markets might be heading. The data service includes charting functionality, allowing you to chart and download multiple data series for manipulation in your own internal models. You can also export data to Excel via the ICIS dashboard service.
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