Resin pricing - Commodity Thermoplastics
For November 09, 2009
| KEY: |
Historical Pricing Data |
I-Annual volumes greater than 20 million pounds.
II-Annual volumes of about 2 million to 5 million pounds.
|
| Volume category |
| Resin/Grade | I | II |
| ABS |
| Injection Medium Impact |
|
89 - 92 |
|
93 - 94 |
| Injection High Impact |
|
94 - 95 |
|
97 - 101 |
| Injection Pipe fittings |
|
79 - 80 |
|
83 - 87 |
| Injection High heat |
|
115 - 119 |
|
124 - 129 |
| Injection Flame retardant |
|
120 - 124 |
|
129 - 144 |
| Extrusion Pipe GP |
|
91 - 93 |
|
96 - 101 |
| Extrusion Sheet GP |
|
108 - 109 |
|
111 - 113 |
| Blends PC/ABS |
|
-- |
|
151 - 156 |
| Blends Nylon/ABS |
|
-- |
|
156 - 166 |
| Acrylic |
| GP |
|
-- |
|
125 - 130 |
| HDPE |
| Blow Molding Copolymer(HIC) |
P |
75 - 77 |
P |
79 - 81 |
| Blow Molding Homopolymer (Dairy) |
P |
75 - 76 |
P |
77 - 80 |
| Drums |
P |
77 - 79 |
P |
80 - 83 |
| Injection GP |
P |
71 - 72 |
P |
74 - 76 |
| Extrusion Film HMW |
P |
80 - 82 |
P |
84 - 87 |
| Extrusion Film MMW |
P |
80 - 81 |
P |
85 - 87 |
| Extrusion Pipe HMW |
P |
85 - 87 |
P |
90 - 93 |
| Extrusion Pipe MMW |
P |
88 - 91 |
P |
92 - 94 |
| Extrusion Sheet |
P |
73 - 75 |
P |
77 - 79 |
| Rotomolding Powder |
|
-- |
P |
86 - 89 |
| LDPE |
| Injection GP |
|
-- |
P |
87 - 89 |
| Injection Lid Resin |
P |
85 - 87 |
P |
89 - 91 |
| Extrusion Coating paper |
P |
85 - 87 |
|
-- |
| Extrusion Film liner |
P |
80 - 82 |
P |
83 - 88 |
| Extrusion Clarity film |
P |
78 - 80 |
P |
81 - 84 |
| LLDPE |
| Butene-1 comonomer Injection GP |
|
-- |
P |
71 - 75 |
| Butene-1 comonomer Extrusion liner film |
P |
70 - 73 |
P |
74 - 76 |
| HAO comonomer Injection GP |
|
-- |
P |
77 - 79 |
| HAO comonomer Lid resin |
P |
82 - 85 |
P |
88 - 91 |
| HAO comonomer Extrusion liner film |
P |
76 - 78 |
P |
80 - 83 |
| HAO comonomer Rotomolding powder |
|
-- |
P |
96 - 101 |
| PET |
| APET |
|
70 - 72 |
|
73 - 75 |
| Bottle resin |
P |
69 - 71 |
P |
72 - 74 |
| CPET |
|
68 - 70 |
|
-- |
| PP |
| Homopolymer Injection GP |
P |
83 - 85 |
P |
86 - 89 |
| Extrusion Fiber |
P |
82 - 84 |
P |
85 - 87 |
| Extrusion Film |
P |
83 - 86 |
P |
88 - 89 |
| Extrusion Profiles |
P |
86 - 89 |
P |
91 - 95 |
| Extrusion Sheet |
P |
85 - 88 |
P |
89 - 91 |
| Random Copolymer Injection |
P |
86 - 88 |
P |
89 - 91 |
| Random Copolymer Film |
P |
88 - 89 |
P |
90 - 92 |
| Random Copolymer Blow molding |
P |
88 - 89 |
P |
91 - 94 |
| Impact Copolymer High Impact |
P |
97 - 101 |
P |
102 - 105 |
| Impact Copolymer TPO |
P |
117 - 122 |
P |
124 - 128 |
| PS |
| Crystal Injection GP |
P |
76 - 78 |
P |
80 - 84 |
| Crystal High Heat |
P |
80 - 84 |
P |
86 - 87 |
| High Impact Extrusion |
P |
79 - 81 |
P |
84 - 86 |
| High Impact Injection |
P |
78 - 80 |
P |
84 - 85 |
| High Heat injection |
P |
86 - 91 |
P |
92 - 94 |
| Flame retardant |
P |
116 - 120 |
P |
122 - 126 |
| EPS cups |
P |
115 - 118 |
|
-- |
| EPS unmodified |
P |
109 - 112 |
P |
108 - 117 |
| PVC |
| Suspension Resin Injection GP |
P |
75 - 78 |
P |
78 - 80 |
| Suspension Resin Pipe grade |
P |
73 - 75 |
P |
76 - 79 |
| Dispersion Resin Homopolymer GP |
|
66 - 70 |
|
72 - 76 |
Prices are in U.S. cents per pound for prime resin, unfilled, natural color, FOB supplier, unless otherwise indicated.
indicates a market-price increase in our chart in the past week.
indicates a market-price decrease
in our chart in the past week.
P indicates a price increase for that material is pending.
indicates a correction in the
published
price.
Prices are generated from interviews with North American buyers and suppliers.
The information provided is based on sources believed to be reliable but
its accuracy or timeliness is not guaranteed and no warranties of any kind
are provided.Plastics News does not intend to specify the price of the
materials listed. For price quotes on specific materials, contact the supplier.
For pricing information on virgin thermoplastic resins, call senior reporter Frank Esposito at (330) 865-6156, or fax him at (330) 836-2322.