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QuarterlySSESSMENTS: Q1 2020 Vietnam PET Prices

Author: SSESSMENTS

  • Increases noted in local, localized PET Bottle offers in January 
  • Demand during the quarter reportedly slow in general
  • PET market predicted to remain bearish due to the Coronavirus pandemic

By the first month of Q1 2020, SSESSMENTS.COM’s data showed that the most significant adjustment for local and localized Taiwan PET Bottle offers captured in the week commencing January 6. The local offers for PET Bottle increased between VND500,000-1,000,000/ton ($21-42/ton) compared to two weeks earlier following the firmer monomer cost. Likewise, offers for localized Taiwan PET Bottle cargoes also increased between VND1,500,000-2,500,000/ton ($63-106/ton) compared to the same period. Moving to February, the offers were kept stable by the first week of the month to gauge the workable offer-level after the Lunar New Year holiday. For the remaining of February, the local offers for PET Bottle captured on a downtrend, with a reduction of between VND200,000-450,000/ton ($8-19/ton) week over week. Throughout March, the offers for local PET Bottle cargoes reduced between $15-30/ton on a weekly comparison. 

Import PET Bottle offers to Vietnam showed a mixed trend in January, SSESSMENTS.COM noted. In the first week of January, the offers for import PET Bottle offers of China and Thailand origin increased by $10/ton and $35/ton respectively. However, in the upcoming week, the offers for import PET Bottle of China and Southeast Asia origin dropped by $25/ton and $20/ton respectively following the further reduction in feedstock prices. Contrastingly, a Taiwanese producer increased the offers by $10/ton as the producer expect PET prices would start to increase coupled with tight supply from their end. While in February, import PET Bottle offers of various origins to Vietnam dropped between $20-25/ton on a weekly comparison. 

During March, import PET Bottle offers of China, Indonesia, and Thailand origin from a distributor captured moving downward between $15-20/ton on a monthly comparison in the first week of the month. Likewise, the import offers from a South Korean producer also captured lower by $30/ton from a week earlier. Meanwhile, most traders were keeping the offers stable on a weekly comparison for import PET Bottle of China and Taiwan origin. Sources added to SSESSMENTS.COM that the adjustments made in the first week of the month were steered by the slump in crude oil prices as well as growing concern over the increases in Coronavirus cases.  

According to market sources report to SSESSMENTS.COM, PET demand in Vietnam was slow during January affected by the slow sales for finished products and the Lunar New Year Holiday. Moving to February, the demand reportedly remained slow due to the sufficient inventory on hand and slow sales for finished products. Moreover, the Coronavirus outbreak deteriorated buying sentiment as buyers preferred to monitor market movement. However, strong demand was recorded for pharmaceutical PET bottles. While in March, the overall buying sentiment was weak due to the growing concern over Coronavirus pandemic, sufficient inventory on hand as well as market uncertainty. However, a slight demand improvement was captured by the final week of March as the offers deemed competitive by the buyers. On the supply front, there were no issues reported in Vietnam during the first quarter of 2020. 

For the outlook, the majority of Vietnamese market players expressed an opinion to SSESSMENTS.COM that PET market would remain bearish if the Coronavirus pandemic remains unresolved. 

Range of local/localized PET Bottle offers in January on cash, FD basis (including 10% VAT in VND term, excluding VAT in USD term)

OriginTransaction TypeOffers (VND/ton)Equivalent in USD/tonDelivery Location
TaiwanOffer Received24,000,000-25,000,000923-961Haiphong
TaiwanPurchased23,500,000904Haiphong
VietnamOffer Received23,000,000-23,500,000884-904Haiphong
VietnamPurchased22,500,000865Haiphong
VietnamOffer Received22,400,000-23,000,000861-884Ho Chi Minh

Range of import PET Bottle offers in January on LC at sight, CIF Vietnam Main Port basis

OriginTransaction TypeOffers (USD/ton)
ChinaOffer Given860-895
ChinaSold880-885*
IndonesiaOffer Given880-935
TaiwanOffer Given895
TaiwanOffer Received875-895
TaiwanSell Idea885
ThailandOffer Given880-935
South KoreaOffer Received880
Description: *Offers on LC 120 days

Range of local/localized PET Bottle offers in February on cash, FD basis (including 10% VAT in VND term, excluding VAT in USD term)

OriginTransaction TypeCurrencyOffers/tonEquivalent in USD/tonPayment Term
VietnamOffer ReceivedVND22,550,000-23,000,000867-884Cash In Advance
VietnamPurchasedVND22,800,000877Cash In Advance
VietnamOffer ReceivedVND23,000,00088410 Days Credit Term
VietnamPurchasedVND23,000,00088410 Days Credit Term
VietnamOffer ReceivedUSD870-920-Cash In Advance
VietnamOffer GivenUSD870-Cash In Advance
VietnamPurchasedUSD890-Cash In Advance
TaiwanOffer ReceivedVND23,500,000-24,000,000904-923Cash In Advance
TaiwanPurchasedVND23,500,000904Cash In Advance

Range of import PET Bottle offers in February on LC at sight, CIF Vietnam Main Port basis

OriginTransaction TypeOffers (USD/ton)
ChinaOffer Given795-865
ChinaOffer Received820
ChinaBuy Idea800-805
ChinaSold790-820
IndonesiaOffer Given875-905
South KoreaOffer Given870
ThailandOffer Given875-905
TaiwanOffer Given840-895
TaiwanOffer Received810-840

Range of local/localized PET Bottle offers in March on cash, FD basis, excluding 10% VAT

OriginTransaction TypeOffers (USD/ton)
VietnamOffer Given790-855

Range of import PET Bottle offers in March on LC at sight, CIF Vietnam Main Port basis

OriginTransaction TypeOffers (USD/ton)
ChinaOffer Given710-770
ChinaBid Received750
ChinaSold755-760
IndonesiaOffer Given780-840
IndonesiaOffer Received820
South KoreaOffer Given790-840
TaiwanOffer Given780-845
TaiwanBid Received800
TaiwanSold800-820
ThailandOffer Given780-840

Tags: Asia Pacific,English,PET,Quarterly,SEA,Vietnam

Published on April 6, 2020 5:17 PM (GMT+8)
Last Updated on April 6, 2020 5:19 PM (GMT+8)