Plastic Resins
By Staff -- Purchasing, 6/1/2000
Polymer resin prices remained flat this month, according to chemical buyers. The polymers index remained at 100.9 following a strong first quarter.
Resin prices Contract average Contract range Spot average Spot range Six month contract forecast Six month spot forecast Polycarbonate $/lb 1.61 1.56-1.92 1.61 1.48-1.90 1.68 1.61 HDPE (blow molding) $/lb 0.44 0.38-0.49 0.56 0.56 0.40 0.56 HDPE (film grade)$/lb 0.53 0.46-0.63 0.37 0.37 0.62 0.37 HDPE (injection molding) $/lb 0.43 0.36-0.49 0.31 0.30-0.46 0.26 0.31 LDPE (extrusion) $/lb 0.51 0.47-0.55 0.51 0.46-0.52 0.52 0.52 LDPE (film liner) $/lb 0.51 0.39-0.57 0.43 0.41-0.48 0.42 0.43 LLDPE (film grade) $/lb 0.48 0.43-0.49 0.34 0.30-0.54 0.48 0.34 LLDPE (gen purp) $/lb 0.51 0.46-0.55 0.42 0.33-0.62 0.38 0.42 Polypropylene (homo) $/lb 0.35 0.34-0.35 0.40 0.28-0.42 0.37 0.40 Polypropylene (injection molding) $/lb 0.39 0.29-0.41 0.40 0.30-0.46 0.39 0.40 Polystyrene (gen purp) $lb 0.48 0.48 0.36 0.33-0.46 0.51 0.36 Polystyrene (high impact) $/lb 0.44 0.41-0.45 0.52 0.44-0.55 0.39 0.52 Polyvinyl chloride (dispersion resins) $/lb 0.55 0.54-0.59 0.49 0.47-0.54 0.49 0.49 Polyvinyl chloride (film) $/lb 0.43 0.40-0.46 0.46 0.45-0.51 0.34 0.46 Polyvinyl chloride (gen purp) $/lb 0.50 0.43-0.52 0.38 0.48-0.65 0.35 0.38 |
Average U.S. prices, April 17th through May 15th, tankload or greater quantities, FOB producer.
The exclusive data published here come from a monthly survey of over 500 chemical buyers conducted by Purchasing Magazine. Data may be reproduced only with written permission from the editor of Purchasing. Editorial Contact: Christopher Reilly, Associate Editor, Chemicals, 617-630-3998. @ Purchasing 2000.
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