Chemical imports ahead at the Haldia port are confined to
8Benzene
8Paraxylene
8CBFS
8MEG
8Butadiene

8RIL has around 1.77 lakh tonnes of chemicals lined up for unloading
8Find out where these chemicals are being sourced from

8A full 27000 tonne CBFS cargo is being imported by Birla Carbon
8Find out the port where it will be off-loaded

8We have spotted quite a few butyl acrylate shipments coming in
8Find out to know more about these shipments

8A small cargo of chemicals has just off-loaded
8It was shipped in by Dow Chemical

8Two methanol cargoes are expected on May 23
8Find out where these two cargoes are going to land

8Only one shipment is due for arrival at Kakinada
8It is a sulphuric acid shipment

8Bhilosa Industries is bringing in an MEG shipment
8The 16000 tonne shipment is sourced from Shuaiba

8Atul’s ECH shipment is coming from Ma Ta Phut
8It’s 1200 tonne shipment

8INEOS is shipping in an acetic acid cargo
8The landing port is Hazira

8HPL’s benzene shipment is coming from Singapore
8Find out the cargo strength

A massive and unprecedented backlog of 8.6 MMTPA of crude oil is now inventoried to reach Indian ports
8The figure is usually much smaller, and this means that ports are unable to take the load despite good cargo movement management
8Waiting has cropped up in several crude unloading terminals

There is waiting going on at Shell's Hazira terminal where a GAIL vessel is meant to berth
8The exact reason is not known
8Or else there is no impact of the cyclone on LNG shipment
8There are vessels lined up in all LNG terminals as of now

Assessed requirement for all grades of fertilizers is turning out to way below sales for April
8And the situation is likely to continue right through Kharif it seems
8Further, get details of imported finished fertilizers for the month
8Also, from the progress made, it does not seem like the new fertilizer plants will be commissioned anytime soon, Up to Q-1, 2022 is our assessment

NPK Fertilizer Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 190 crore
Phosphoric acid Expansion Project 
8Cost - Rs 20 crore

8There is a tender out for supply of natural gas

8Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizer Ltd had released a NIT for the supply of Muriate of Potash
8The closing date for the tender is 10th of June 2021 at 1100 hrs IST

The international crude oil price of Indian Basket was quoted at around $65.39 per barrel on May 21, 2021.

Naphtha prices have registered a downward movement in Japan while moving up in Europe owing to fluctuation in the markets.

Para-Xylene prices have moved down in SE Asia.

On Thursday, benzene prices were assessed lower in Asia.

Mixed-Xylene prices in the US Gulf have drifted lower today.

Prices for phenol were quoted lower in the Ahmedabad market today.

ABS (HI121H) prices have drifted down in the Ahmedabad market.

POM (imported) prices are increasing in the Ahmedabad market.