Polyethylene Terephthalate US

摘要

Import prices fell $55/mt on greater overseas supply. Dealsto ports on the West Coast were heard in a wide range from80-88 cents/lb duty delivered paid. The spread on the pricevaried depending on how close to the port a buyer was andwhether the material was duty free. Duty free cargoes wereon the lower end of the range with offers from India andChina that command a 6.5% import duty at 83.5-88cents/lb. To the East Coast, importers said demand wasstrong with buy ideas even higher in the low 90’s cents/lblevel for June delivery. “I’m getting a lot of calls from franticbuyers looking for resin,” an importer said. US supply wasseverely curtailed from BP’s PTA force majeure.