RIL has increased their prices by Rs 2/kg, with the new basic price of MX being Rs 42/kg

Despite high upstream costs, benzene prices slipped in the international market.

MEG prices picked up in the iInternational market.

The company halted operations at the unit on October 7, 2020.

The company resumed operations at the plant on October 9, 2020.

The company resumed operations at the unit on October 8, 2020.

India's most-consumed intermediate methanol has now plateaued at nearly 80%-85%

India imported a higher volume of toluene in June and July compared with 2019

Mostly used in paints and coatings, MX saw an upswing mid-September onward as the monsoons withdrew and the festive season stepped in.

The company halted operations at the plant in end-September, 2020.

After the increase last week ethylene prices were assessed flat in Asia this week.

Shandong Shenchi Chemical has taken off-stream its propylene unit for unplanned maintenance.

Chemplast Sanmar has restarted its Cuddalore's Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) unit following a planned outage.

0.8 million tonnes of assorted chemicals are slated to come into Indian ports over the next few weeks
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The international crude oil price of Indian Basket was quoted at around $41.56 per barrel on Oct 09th, 2020.

PVC prices in the International market remain unaffected, with prices remaining unchanged.

Naphtha prices have moved up in Japan and Europe on account of positive buying trends in their respective countries.

Various market traders have confirmed as of 9th October 2020

The company halted operations at the plant on October 4, 2020.

BPCL  has announced a price revision for MTO.

RIL has increased their prices by Rs 0.50/kg with the new basic price of Benzene being Rs 38/kg

The price of DEG has been cut by Rs 0.80/kg with the new basic price of DEG being Rs 37.30/kg.

The price of MEG has been cut by Rs 1/kg with the new basic price of MEG being Rs 41.90/kg.

MX prices have declined in the US Gulf owing to the soft demand trends.

Toluene prices picked up in the international market as of 9th October 2020.

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9.14 lakh tonnes of assorted chemicals are headed towards Indian ports
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Total chemical imports slated to come to India is 8.46 lakh tonnes
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Around 9 lakh tonnes of assorted chemicals are being imported into India over the next couple of weeks.
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0.8 million tonnes of assorted chemicals are slated to come into Indian ports over the next few weeks
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The full chemical import matrix coming up ahead is available for the following ports
Kandla
Sikka
Pipavav
Dahej
Mumbai
JNPT
Goa
Ranpar
New Mangalore
Cochin
Ennore
Vizag
Paradip
Haldia
Ex-Kolkata

All imports in the next few days into India are tabulated here in granular detail

India is heavily dependent on chemical imports.
We are carrying here data on a chemical import slate totalling up to 1 million tonnes

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For imports of chemicals Haldia is now emerging as a big destination

The crude storage problem seems to have improved both at Paradip (IOC) and Mumbai (HPCL)

RIL is a big importer of paraxylene

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As also methanol imports coming up ahead

8At least 8 vessels are on wait at Kandla with their chemical cargoes

We cover the entire matrix of chemical vessels sailing to India for unloading
8Our analysis shows that an ethane vessel is coming in for RIL at Dahej
8RIL is also importing orthoxylene, paraxylene, methanol and CBFS in large quantities

RIL has a giant crude to chemical game plan
It is extremely ambitious in its scale

Production margins were hovering at multi-year lows in early July as oversupply continues to pressure the polyester chain.

The prices of almost all the petrochemical products discussed under pressure had declined in the broad range of 0.3%-29% y-o-y in FY20.

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