Pricing
React faster to price fluctuations and preserve margins
Understand pricing in real time and plan ahead with confidence
In today’s dynamic markets, capitalise on opportunity and limit exposure with a transparent view of pricing and the multiple factors influencing it.
Optimise your strategy setting, contract negotiations and business planning with ICIS pricing intelligence, covering historic, current and future price drivers, fundamentals, market fluctuations and trends, plus market commentary and analysis.
All key factors through the value chain are included in our forecast methodology, from spot price movements, supply, demand, trade flows and production margins to market sentiment, seasonality, inventory levels and feedstocks.
Integrate ICIS data into your pricing models with downloadable charts offering full cross-commodity and cross-regional trend analysis for your markets, accessible via our subscriber platform, ICIS ClarityTM on your desktop or on the go, or via our Data as a Service (DaaS) solutions.
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Pricing for Chemicals, Fertilizers, and
Recycled plastics
Manage volatility with ICIS’ in-depth pricing reports covering over 300 chemical, fertilizer and recycled plastic commodity markets. Settle contracts based on benchmark prices no matter where you operate, with spot, contract, import, export and domestic prices of typically traded grades, broken down by country and / or region.
With our in-depth understanding of the entire chemical value chain, ICIS forecast models are fully integrated, from crude oil and feedstocks to downstream commodities. Understand the impact on global export markets of newer entrants such as China, with analysis in both English and Chinese.
Stay ahead of fast-moving markets with customised alerts when prices meet criteria; see how your market has moved, with price spreads from the previous month; and understand the relative cost competitiveness of alternative raw materials.
ICIS Supply and Demand Database
Optimise planning, production and investment with ICIS Supply and Demand Database. Benefit from a complete picture of the chemicals supply chain showing capacity for over 100 commodities in 160 countries, up to 2050.
Energy pricing
Identify new opportunities and mitigate risk with ICIS’ in-depth energy pricing intelligence covering natural gas, LNG, power and renewables, carbon, hydrogen, crude oil and refined products. Preserve operating margins and adapt faster to volatility with real-time news and expert market commentary.
Optimise trading decisions with reliable forecasts factoring in variables such as storage, import and export flows, outages, weather and temperature forecasts. Benefit from historic pricing data revealing patterns and trends, while gaining a complete understanding of what is driving your market today.
ICIS price forecast models are fully integrated, from European gas and power to carbon markets, and from crude oil and feedstocks to downstream commodities.
Why use ICIS pricing intelligence?
Manage risk
React faster with instant access to price assessments and forecasts covering spot, contract, import, export, international and domestic prices for feedstock and commonly traded commodities.
Strengthen your negotiating position
Safeguard against price fluctuations and lock in costs and income for the longer term, with ICIS’ industry-standard price assessments, plus arbitrage and netback calculations.
Respond to markets in real time
Benefit from global news coverage of sudden price shifts in key active trading regions alongside in-depth policy and regulation coverage.
Get an expert view
Learn about the impact of short- and long-term trends, with impact commentaries and analysis from experts embedded in key global markets.
Plan with confidence
Evaluate opportunities and risks with confidence, using cross-commodity, integrated data and cross-regional trend analysis to develop internal pricing models.
Understand market sentiment
Learn about reported and confirmed deals, bids and offers, to gain a sense of buyers’, traders and sellers’ willingness to transact.
Streamline processes
Optimise efficiency and accuracy with ICIS data and analytics seamlessly integrated into your modelling and forecasting.
Gauge the impact of capacity on prices
Access supply and demand data to assess the price impact of planned and unplanned plant shutdowns and maintenance, as well as new capacities.
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What our customers say
Ondaplast
“ICIS price forecasts have helped us allocate resources smartly and efficiently, to anticipate price changes, and to buy PP at favourable prices. The reports have saved our internal team a lot of time and effort when analysing pricing trends.”
Hong Kong Petrochemical
“Our clients recognise ICIS prices as an independent benchmark. Using ICIS price assessments in our purchasing contracts saves us time and helps us secure an appropriate supply of feedstock for our plants at the reasonable price.”
Sekab
“By providing trustworthy, comprehensive and
transparent insights into industry margins and
price points, ICIS helps us optimize selling
opportunities and be accurate in our sales
strategy.”
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