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 7th January 2009

Glycerine (US Gulf)

 

Editor Ben Lefebvre, ben.lefebvre@icis.com

 

 

CONTRACT PRICES

 

 

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Price Range

 

USD/MT

VEGETABLE DEC

US CTS/LB

n/c

45.00-65.00

n/c

992-1433

TALLOW DEC

US CTS/LB

n/c

55.00-75.00

n/c

1213-1653

PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE  DEC

US CTS/LB

n/c

70.00-100.00

n/c

1543.23-2204.62

 

 

SPOT PRICES

 

 

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Price Range

 

Four weeks ago

USD/MT

VEGETABLE

US CTS/LB

n/c

33.00-45.00

n/c

38.00-50.00

728-992

TALLOW

US CTS/LB

n/c

33.00-45.00

n/c

38.00-50.00

728-992

CRUDE

US CTS/LB

n/c

4.00-6.00

-4.00

4.00-10.00

88.18-132.28

 

Note: All prices are on a delivered basis.

 

 NOTE: For full details on the criteria ICIS pricing uses in making these price assessments, visit www.icispricing.com and click on “methodology”.

 

Subscriber note: The price deltas for the spot quotes in the Glycerine (US Gulf) report dated 7 January 2009 are based on assessments published on 24 December 2008.

 

US glycerine prices held in their previous price range, buyers and sellers said during the week ended 7 January.

 

The spot market was quiet as most buyers and sellers were still returning to work from the winter holiday season.

 

Market participants said one of their main concerns was the state of the US biodiesel industry, which supplies crude glycerine. With biodiesel production believed to be 60-70% of capacity, a refined glycerine trader and a producer said crude glycerine supply could become tight once refined glycerine demand revives.

 

A crude glycerine distributor said that supply of standard-quality crude glycerine was still strong, if tightened slightly compared with months past. Low-quality crude has disappeared from the market as smaller biodiesel producers go out of business, the distributor said.

 

Contract settlements put most Q1 vegetable glycerine accounts in the 35-50 cents/lb ($772-1,102/tonne) range. Tallow glycerine contracts were also at 33-50 cents/lb, while pharmaceutical-grade glycerine at 60-70 cents/lb starting on 1 January, buyers and sellers said. The above table will reflect the new contract next week.

 

In Asia, glycerine prices were heard at $450-530/tonne CFR China, up by $50 on the high end due to tightening supply.

 

Crude glycerine prices tightened into a 4-6 cents/lb range due to lagging demand, sources said.

 

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