Asian ABS: Prices stable to softer amid cautious buying sentiment / CFR China ABS price holds at $1,745/mt / Falling styrene costs prompt buyer caution

Nov 05, 2026

The Asian acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene CFR China marker at $1,745/mt Nov. 4, stable week over week. A trade was heard in the CFR China market earlier in the week at $1,780/mt. The volume could not be ascertained. "Clients are requesting even lower prices given the fall in upstream styrene," a Northeast Asia-based trade source said. "Raw material prices have fallen, so customers are in a waitand- see mood," a Northeast Asia-based producer said. "Still, we don’t have much more room to lower prices, as our margins are compressed," the producer added. the ABS CFR Southeast Asia marker at $1,795/ mt Nov. 4, down $5/mt week over week. Upstream, styrene monomer FOB Korea and CFR China at $1,360/mt and $1,300/mt, respectively, on Nov. 4, both down $50/mt day over day. According to calculations,...

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