Copyright 2014 Reed Business Information Limited. ICIS Pricing is a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group.

10th January 2014

Ethyl Benzene (Europe)

Editor Truong Mellor, Truong.Mellor@icis.com
SPOT PRICES
Click for Price History

FOB NWE

Price Range

USD/TONNE

+20.00

1493.00-1568.00

-7.00

Four weeks ago

US CTS/LB

1457.00-1478.00

67.72-71.12

NOTE: for full details on the criteria ICIS pricing uses in making these price assessments visit www.icispricing.com and click
on methodology.

The range for European ethyl benzene (EB) narrowed this

week, with the low end supported by significant gains on
benzene spot pricing amid continued US bullishness and
improved domestic demand.

European benzene pricing remained firm throughout the week,

supported by strong US numbers, healthy downstream
restocking and some ongoing production problems across the
ARA region. Spot prices were at $1,380-1,400/tonne CIF ARA
on Friday afternoon, up $25-35/tonne from last weeks close.
Styrene

le

EB range narrows amid benzene gains

mp

Limited domestic availability kept European styrene sentiment

bullish this week, and the market is in contango ahead of the
Asian turnaround season later in the first quarter, which is
likely to keep US imports to a minimum. Spot prices were at
$1,720-1,730/tonne FOB Rotterdam on Friday, up $5/tonne
from the previous weeks close.
Ethylene
European ethylene supply and demand are well-balanced.
Crackers have ramped up, encouraged by better-thanexpected demand, but some production constraints remain in
place because of technical issues at a couple of sites. Spot
prices have firmed in line with the higher January contract
price settlement. Sources said a clearer picture with regard to
demand expectations through the rest of the month and into
February should emerge next week.

Sa

Benzene

FEEDSTOCK PRICES (CONTRACT)

Click for Price History

BENZENE

FOB NWE JAN

EUR/TONNE

Price Range

+37.00

994.00-994.00

+37.00

Pricing information from ICIS is also available via the Dashboard service.
The ICIS Dashboard is a platform that enables you to see pricing, news and analysis in a single
screen.
Visit http://www.icis.com/moreondashboard to find out more.
Price history | Related reports | Full report list | Price Alert | Plant performance data
Currency conversion (real time) | Glossary | Methodology | Latest product news |
Find a supplier
ICIS pricing accepts no liability for commercial decisions based on the content of this report.
For information about multiple
subscriptions and licences to this
information product, or for permission to
photocopy or redistribute individual reports,
please call the relevant office:

Copyright violation is a serious offence.

Any distribution or forwarding of information
which is not expressly permitted by your
subscription agreement is a copyright
violation. ICIS pricing will be using software

Customer Support Centre

+44 20 8652 3335 or toll free from
US/Canada:+1 888 525 3255
ICIS pricing:www.icispricing.com
ICIS News:www.icis.com/news

Copyright violation is a serious offence. Any distribution or forwarding of information which is not expressly permitted by your subscription agreement is
a copyright violation. ICIS pricing will be using software to monitor unauthorised electronic redistribution of reports. Copyright 2014 Reed Business
Information Limited. ICIS pricing is a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group.

Ethyl Benzene (Europe)

Page 2 of 2
to monitor unauthorised electronic
redistribution of reports. Copyright 2014
Reed Business Information Limited. ICIS
pricing is a member of the Reed Elsevier
plc group.

ICIS website:www.icis.com

Sa

mp

le

London:+44 20 8652 3335,

sales.uk@icis.com
Houston:+1 713 525 2600,
sales.us@icis.com
Singapore:+65 6789 8828,
sales.ap@icis.com

Copyright violation is a serious offence. Any distribution or forwarding of information which is not expressly permitted by your subscription agreement is
a copyright violation. ICIS pricing will be using software to monitor unauthorised electronic redistribution of reports. Copyright 2014 Reed Business
Information Limited. ICIS pricing is a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group.