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Toluene export arbitrage available on higher foreign prices

Shandong (JLC), November 1, 2022--The toluene export arbitrage window for Chinese exporters has been open in the past few months, as Asian prices climbed higher amid tight supply while China toluene

11-01-2022 18:28:38

China exports bulk of MEG to Europe as arbitrage window opens

China exported a bulk of monoethylene gIycol (MEG) to Europe in August, as the price spread between the regions was wide enough to open the arbitrage window.

08-28-2020 19:02:21

Regional MX arbitrage activities suspend in July

The arbitrage window of MX between Jiangsu and Shandong closed in July undermined by narrowed spread.

08-06-2020 16:51:01

China toluene imports to rise on open of arbitrage window

Shandong (JLC), April 28, 2020--China toluene imports are expected to extend an uptrend during end-April and early May due to frequet arbitrage activities caused by lower international toluene prices, JLC research predicts.

04-28-2020 09:43:26

MX Arbitrage window to open in Q4 2019

Shandong (JLC), October 21, 2019--In the fourth quarter of 2019, China MX arbitrage window from East China to South China is expected to open on tightening supply.

10-21-2019 16:07:22

South America’s methanol flow into China for arbitrage (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), August 21, 2019--Massive methanol cargoes from South America had flowed into China for arbitrage in the past few months.

08-21-2019 16:08:09

South America’s methanol flow into China for arbitrage (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), August 21, 2019--Massive methanol cargoes from South America had flowed into China for arbitrage in the past few months.

08-21-2019 16:04:59

MX export arbitrage window reopens on higher domestic prices

Shandong (JLC), August 19, 2019--The arbitrage window of mixed xylene (MX) between China and the international market opened again in theory in the first half of August, as domestic MX prices moved higher but international prices stayed falling.

08-19-2019 15:27:34

Global arbitrage analysis in toluene market

Shandong (JLC), August 7, 2019--The arbitrage window of toluene between the US and Europe or Asia opened completely in July due to high toluene prices in the US caused by robust demand from gasoline blending market.

08-07-2019 16:42:48

May DOP imports fall on narrowed arbitrage window

Shandong (JLC), June 26, 2019--China DOP imports declined in the second quarter as arbitrage window narrowed with DOP market prices slipped.

06-26-2019 16:10:50

Henan producers sell methanol to other regions for arbitrage

Shandong (JLC), May 15, 2019--Producers in Henan sold methanol to Shandong after the May Day holiday (May 1-May 4) as methanol supply there decreased caused by unit maintenance and downstream demand improved.

05-15-2019 17:14:49

MX Asia-US arbitrage window opens

The US MX prices increased greatly in February as crude futures prices vibrated upwards, and unit maintenance led to tight supply. The US MX prices grew by $115/mt to $825/mt in late February versus $710/mt in mid-February, data from JLC showed.

03-01-2019 17:49:29

S.China styrene supply to rise amid opened arbitrage window

Shandong (JLC), January 15, 2019--The tight supply of styrene in South China will be eased in late January, mainly because some resources from East China have flowed into there caused by opened arbitrage window.

01-15-2019 17:02:24

Asia-US MX arbitrage window opens

Shandong(JLC), December 18, 2018-- The arbitrage window between the US and Asia opened again in mid-December as the US MX prices dived.

12-18-2018 17:32:36

Global MX arbitrage analysis

The global MX prices vibrated downwards affected by ongoing drops in crude prices, and arbitrage window between Europe and the US and that between the US and Asia changed greatly.

11-15-2018 14:46:21

Europe-US aromatics market arbitrage analysis

As for toluene market, Europe-US arbitrage window was hard to open as the spread between them wore off; as for MX market, Europe-US arbitrage window opened unsteadily though the spread between them widened to $26-50/mt.

09-03-2018 18:32:32

Methanol prices varies in different regions; arbitrage windows opens in most areas

n major production areas, market prices in Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia were also stable. That in Ningxia inched up due to increased purchasing volume from main olefin plants. Prices were stable at low levels in Shandong. That in Hebei and Henan edged up.

06-15-2018 08:50:03

Europe-US toluene arbitrage activities changes

Europe-US toluene arbitrage opportunity failed to open steadily from April to mid-May due to narrowed spread between them then the arbitrage activities kept active from late May to early June caused by wide spread.

06-12-2018 14:18:15

Methanol: Regional arbitrage window closed

Supply and demand are two major influencing factors for methanol price. Recently, downstream demand weakened. Methanol consumption in Shandong and Central China continued to decline this week.

05-30-2018 17:14:25

Methanol: Arbitrage window opens, followed by intensive product circulation

Though China’s imported methanol shiploads plummeted in May, the supply loss at China ports was still supplemented by inland goods, which caused tight supply of inland goods. The market focus will be the newly-added units at ENN, Luxi Chemical and Hengli Group, as well as the following trade flow.

05-29-2018 09:41:40

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