Asian Solvent-MX: Prices rise amid thin trades / Solvent-MX hits $1,160/mt, highest since July / Thailand prioritizes gasoline over solvent supply

Oct 17, 2026

solvent-grade mixed xylene $10/metric ton higher week over week at $1,160/mt FOB Korea Oct. 16, unchanged from intraday levels. During the Market on Close assessment process, no bids and offers were floated in the FOB Korea market. No trades were heard concluded at the end of the MOC. The solvent-grade assessment was higher July 1, 2022, at $1,210/mt. Thailand's local solvent-MX supply remains tight as production of gasoline blending and paraxylene was prioritized, reducing volumes available for solvent applications, a Southeast Asian trader said. solvent-MX CFR Southeast Asia at $1,280/ mt, $10/mt higher week over week on Oct. 16, in line with tradable indications heard at FOB Korea plus $120/mt. In related markets, Asian isomer mixed xylene at $1,189.50/mt FOB Korea on Oct. 16, down $11.50/mt day over day. Asian...

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