需求疲軟和成本下降致亞洲ABS樹脂價格走低
中國石化新聞網訊 據安迅思新聞新加坡3月12日消息，受中國市場需求放緩和原料成本下跌的雙重影響，亞洲ABS樹脂價格面臨下行壓力。安迅思數據顯示，3月9日亞洲ABS樹脂現貨價格下跌至2035美元/噸（CFR東北亞），較前一周下跌了45美元/噸。安迅思數據顯示，當前的價格已經比3月2日創下的2018年峰值水平2080美元/噸下跌了近3％。市場人士稱，供應充足和原料苯乙烯單體（SM）價格下降打壓了中國購買情緒，并促使買家猶豫不決。一家生產商表示：“原料SM價格下跌影響了購買情緒，并促使生產商們下調報價。”
安迅思數據顯示，3月9日苯乙烯現貨價格下跌了65美元/噸降至 1365美元/噸（CFR東北亞）。 進口貨物抵達香港市場也加劇了亞洲ABS市場價格下行壓力。終端用戶庫存水平較高，因為1月份和2月份訂購的ABS貨物上周抵達香港，從而抑制了進一步購買現貨的需求。
農歷新年后中國需求也比預期要低，市場參與者也不確定市場何時能轉好
張春曉摘譯自 安迅思新聞
原文如下：
Asia ABS faces downward pressure from weak demand, falling SM
Asia's acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) prices are facing downward pressure from slowing demand in the key China market and amid falling feedstock costs.
On 9 March, spot ABS prices fell to $2,035/tonne CFR (cost & freight) northeast (NE) Asia, down by $45/tonne from the previous week, ICIS data showed.
Prices have declined by 3% from the 2018 peak of $2,080/tonne CFR NE Asia on 2 March, according to ICIS data.
Ample supply and falling costs of feedstock styrene monomer (SM) have weighed on Chinese buying sentiment and prompted buyers to hold back their purchases, market sources said.
“The feedstock SM price had fallen and impacted on buying sentiment, and prompted producers to lower their offers,” a producer said.
Spot SM prices fell by $65/tonne to $1,365/tonne CFR NE Asia on 9 March, ICIS data showed.
Import arrivals in Hong Kong added to the downward price pressure on the ABS market.
Stock levels of end-users were high, as material booked in January and February arrived in Hong Kong last week, curbing spot appetite for further fresh purchases.
Chinese demand post-Lunar New Year has been weaker than expected, with market players uncertain about when an uptake would take place.
