Synthetic rubber pricing data

London – ChemAnalyst data* for the trading week ended 17 Feb, shows the uptrend  in pricing is continuing for EPDM and nitrile rubber in selected European markets.

Meanwhile, fluoroelastomer prices saw a sharp rise, continuing a pick-up noted earlier in the month.

While prices for butadiene monomer and polybutadiene rubber remained flat during the week, styrene butadiene and halobutyl rubbers registered growth.

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