Asian PTA: Stable on week tracking PX / PX prices rise $3/mt on week / PTA trade slows amid Golden Week holidays

Oct 03, 2026

Asian PTA prices rose on the day but remained stable in the week to Oct. 2, largely tracking movements in upstream PX markets. the FOB China marker at $952/mt, up $2/ mt on the day and stable on the week. In upstream PX markets, the PX CFR Taiwan/China marker at $1,262.67/mt, up $3/mt on the week. Tightness in domestic Chinese PTA supplies continued to be heard, while premiums for prompt cargoes against the TA2701 futures contract continued to widen on the week. the domestic China marker at a premium of 895 yuan/ mt against the TA2701 contract, widening from 835 yuan/mt in the previous week. Trading activity slowed in China as market participants left for the National Day Golden Week holiday. A source estimated the PX-PTA spread in China at...

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