Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

London – ChemAnalyst data* for the trading week ended 17 March, shows signs of stabilising in synthetic rubber pricing, with most commodities remaining flat compared to the week before. 

Fluoroelastomers posted strong gains during the week, after registering a two-digit hike the week before.

Nitrile rubber pricing, meanwhile, continued its downward trend for a second week. 

EPDM, halobutyl and polybutadiene rubbers as well as butadiene monomer, ChemAnalyst observed, remained more-or-less unchanged compared to the week before.

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The compiled figures are from the following specific trading-points monitored by ChemAnalyst:

*Synthetic rubber prices compiled exclusively for ERJ:

EPDM medium diene FOB Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Halobutyl rubber BIIS CFR, Hamburg, Germany

Styrene butadiene rubber 1502 FD Wuppertal, Germany

Nitrile butadiene rubber 18-40% CFR, Hamburg, Germany

Polybutadiene rubber FOB, Hamburg, Germany.

Fluoroelastomers MV (25-61) FD Hamburg

Butadiene FD Hamburg