Asian ABS: Prices rise further on trading activity / CFR China ABS marker climbs $45/mt weekly / Upstream feedstock costs drive price gains / ABS-HIPS spread narrows amid supply shifts

Oct 29, 2026

The Asian acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene CFR China marker at $1,745/metric ton Oct. 28, up $45/mt week over week. A trade was heard in the CIF Haiphong market earlier in the week at $1,800/mt for 100 metric tons of ABS. Market sources said that ABS and PS prices have been affected largely by upstream markets. A Southeast Asia-based trader said that the ABS- highimpact polystyrene spread used to be about $150/mt, but it now depends on supply and demand. Another Northeast Asia-based seller agreed, saying that ABS prices had been quite low the previous year, even lower than HIPS prices in the CFR China market. According to calculations, the feedstock cost for ABS, determined as the weighted average of feedstock styrene monomer, butadiene and acrylonitrile costs plus a fixed cost of $280/mt, was...

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