Price Reports Russia

POLYMER PRICES Russia June 2015: Rises across the board / PET the sole exception / Uptrend unlikely to end in July as maintenance season gets underway	01.07.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia May 2015: LDPE makes a retreat / Feedstock rises continue to push PS up / Little changes for HDPE, PP and PET / Imported PVC sees strongest gains / Aside from PS, PVC and PET, notations could roll over in June	05.06.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia April 2015: Maintenance and high export activity take LDPE notations through the roof / PP follows at a less steeper pace / High feedstock costs and few import alternatives drive up PS / PVC rolls over / PET with slight losses	11.05.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia March 2015: Large export shipments and technical problems drive up LDPE prices / PVC producers take advantage of lack of imports to hike notations / Stavrolen to resume HDPE production in April / Further predictions remain difficult	08.04.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia February 2015: Little market activity / Slight rises for most polymers / Only HDPE blow moulding, EPS and homo PP pointing down / Volatile exchange rate could lead to additional increases in March	05.03.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia January 2015: Slow month sees slight rises in most polymer notations / Many plants idled during national holidays / Currency exchange rate continues to wreak havoc / February likely to see further increases	03.02.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia December 2014: Economic crisis drives up polymer notations / Volatile exchange rate propels cost of imported materials to unaffordable heights / PET rises by almost 20% / Future outlook uncertain	08.01.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia November 2014: Currency effect drives euro notations down / Rouble prices a mixed bag / HDPE injection moulding grades tight and expensive / PP and PET firmer / PVC flagging	04.12.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia October 2014: Rouble continues to decline / Maintenance cycle mostly over / LDPE now pointing down / Volatile exchange rate could see rises for PS and PET / Other polymers likely to decline in November	06.11.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia September 2014: LDPE and HDPE tight and expensive / Euro notations feel currency effect as rouble continues to lose in value / PP and PVC pointing down / PS and PET roll over / Little change expected in October	06.10.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia August 2014: Maintenance cycles drive up PE, PP and PVC notations / PS and PET mostly quiet / PP availability could improve in late September / PVC tightness expected to last into November	04.09.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia July 2014: Aside from PET, all notations rise in rouble-terms / Russian currency posts gains against the euro / Most grades expected to see rises in August	07.08.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia June 2014: Situation generally stable / HDPE continues to rise / PP likely to see increases this month	08.07.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia May 2014: Polyolefin notations rising again / Other materials stagnate / Stability likely in June	10.06.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia April 2014: Polyethylene on the up due to product shortage / Otherwise prices mainly stable / Ukraine conflict has little effect	09.05.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia March 2014: Crimea crisis and Stavrolen outage in the Caucasus drive prices up / Surge continues	02.04.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia February 2014: Polyolefins weaker / PVC and PS rising / Serious outages for PE, PP and PVC / Ukraine conflict overshadows all future developments / Rouble continues to fall	07.03.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia January 2014: Ruble collapses / Polymer prices stagnate / Revival unlikely in February	04.02.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia December 2013: Polymer prices continue to fall / LDPE still tight / Stability anticipated for the beginning of 2014	15.01.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia November 2013: Polymer prices drop with winter temperatures / Stagnation likely in December	03.12.2013

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Russian Polymer Prices

Due to the ongoing political situation, we are maintaining our decision to suspend reporting on Russian polymer prices.

We appreciate your understanding.

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Energy Cost Surcharges

Please note:
The polymer prices reported by Plastics Information Europe (PIE) already include any energy cost surcharges of the producers and are not listed separately.

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Price survey methodology

Notes on these reports

In order to enable our readers to be better able to make comparisons between rouble-based notations and their translation into euro, PIE has expanded its price table for the Russia price report.
In addition to the absolute value in rouble, the table now also includes the absolute change in rouble to the preceding month. The columns on the change in rouble in terms of percentage, the absolute euro value and the absolute change in euro remain as is.

As is the case in China, PIE’s Russian polymer prices are also based on trade offers, which are weighted and analysed by a reliable Russian partner. PIE complements this with the relevant currency fluctuations. The market structure is a little more diffuse than in China or the traditional industrial regions where long-term contracts are the norm. As a result, there is a stronger tendency towards periodic fluctuations.