东北亚丙烯供应趋于紧张

在韩国，一些贸易商很难从生产商那里购买现货，因为韩国国内丙烯下游聚丙烯(PP)制造商在大量购买国内的丙烯供应。

在日本，由于国内一些生产商在现货市场购买货物，国内需求最近有所增加，导致可供出口的现货数量减少。日本国内一家生产商正面临丙烯短缺，因为该公司正在以较低开工率水平运行裂解装置以平衡乙烯业务。

在东南亚，8月份抵达市场的丙烯需求良好，与东北地区的价格差距正在缩小。这也意味着产自东南亚的丙烯越来越难以流向东北亚。

张春晓 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

NE Asia propylene supply tightening

In South Korea, some traders are having difficulty buying spot cargoes off producers as a local downstream polypropylene (PP) maker has been buying up a fair bit of domestic propylene supply.

In Japan, domestic demand has recently increased as some producers are in the spot market to procure cargoes, resulting in fewer spot lots available for exports.One producer was facing propylene shortage as it was running its cracker at lower rate to balance the ethylene side of its business.

In southeast Asia, demand is healthy for August arrivals, with the price gap with the northeast region narrowing.This also meant that it was increasingly difficult for southeast Asian-origin propylene to find its way to northeast Asia.