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Data Legend. The LDPE price chart shows the prices in USA Dollar per metric ton (USD/mt) in 7 locations, as follows:
- US: LDPE, United States, transaction, fob
- SAM: LDPE, South America, transaction, fob, Brazil
- EUR: LDPE, Europe, transaction, fob, Germany
- SEA: LDPE, South Asia & Oceania, transaction, cif, India
- CN: LDPE, film, China, spot, exw
- MDE: LDPE, Middle East, transaction, fob, Saudi Arabia
- AFR: LDPE, Africa, transaction, cif, South Africa
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Price Dynamics. The LDPE price in United States decreased during November 2018 to 1,330 USD per metric ton, which represents a decline of 4% compared to the previous month’s value. On a year-over-year basis, LDPE prices in United States decreased significantly by 10%. Meanwhile, in Germany, the average price of LDPE amounted to 1,450 USD per metric ton, from 1,520 USD per metric ton one year earlier. On a month-over-month basis, the LDPE price in Germany is 0.7% lower than the price one month before.
The price of LDPE in China declined considerably throughout November 2018, reaching 1,300 USD per metric ton. The price in China is 8% lower than the average price in the previous month and 18% lower than the average price one year before. In contrast, LDPE prices in India were flat during November 2018, and were decline when compared to the average price in the preceding yeara decline of 2% from the previous year’s price.
The LDPE prices in Saudi Arabia experienced a modest decline of 30 USD per metric ton from the prior month's price, to 1,230 USD per metric ton. Such price movement in Saudi Arabia meant a decrease of 2% on a monthly basis and a rise of 0.8% on a yearly basis. On the other hand, in November 2018, the LDPE price in Brazil was flat when compared against the previous month's price. The November 2018 price in Brazil is 14% lower than the price one year before.
In South Africa, the average price of LDPE was 1,320 USD per metric ton on November 2018 – a increase of 70 USD per metric ton, or 6%, compared with the previous month. On a year-over-year basis, the LDPE price in South Africa is 13% higher than the price one year before.
About LDPE. LDPE (a.k.a. Low Density Polyethylene) the first thermoplastic polyolefin used commercially, is one of the three main types of polyethylene. LDPE differs from high density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) primarily due to its unique molecular structure, where large amounts of long-chain branching, impart different rheological behavior in both shear and extension. LDPE offers an unparalleled combination of low cost, ease of fabrication and balance of physical properties (toughness, flexibility and transparency). The first thermoplastic polyolefin used commercially, LDPE is still widely used in a wide range of applications.
LDPE is a polymer of ethylene manufactured on commercial scale exclusively via free-radical-initiated, high-pressure polymerization processes. The main technologies suitable for LDPE production use autoclave or tubular reactors. It may be produced as homopolymer (LDPE itself) or as copolymer, being the most common copolymers ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene methyl acrylate (EMA), ethylene ethyl acrylate (EEA), Ethylene Acrylic Acid (EAA), produced respectively from vinyl acetate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and acrylic acid comonomers.
The majority of LDPE is sold as small pellets. Most of the LDPE used in North America is shipped in 82-ton rail cars. Other common forms of shipment are 18-ton bulk trucks, 500-kg boxes, and 25-kg bags. In other parts of the world, the most common mode of shipment is in 25-kg bags.
LDPE production consists in the polymerization of ethylene, in such a way that different LDPE manufacturing routes are related to different sources of such raw material - ethylene can be manufactured, for instance, via pyrolysis of hydrocarbons, recovery from refinery products, ethanol dehydration or methanol-to-olefins plants. Raw materials and the respective production processes employed in the manufacturing of LDPE are listed below.
- Ethylene (high-pressure tubular polymerization),
- Ethylene (high-pressure autoclave polymerization)
The uses and applications of LDPE may vary according to its specification. The main forms of LDPE are industrial grade; FDA grade; and medical grade.
