Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

London – Synthetic rubber pricing* was generally weak during the trading week ended 19 May, with butadiene monomer registering a particularly sharp drop.

EPDM, halobutyl and polybutadiene rubbers saw a decline during the trading week, while other commodities remained stable.

Nitrile butadiene rubber continued to gain for the third week in a row, according to selected market data supplied by ChemAnalyst.

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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