Polystyrene (PS) Service: Commodity Data for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan - Market Report Company

The MRC PS Service combines all of our market leading expertise to give you unrivalled insight into the PS markets of Russia and the CIS region. Our experienced and dedicated team of local pricing, data and market information specialists provide all our essential intelligence including; price assessments and forecasts, fundamentals and event data, market news, expert analysis and in-depth market studies. Pricing data: Weekly Contract & spot prices, charts and differentials, price range, change, producer, grade, full 12 month price history, import/export offers and parity prices, upstream feedstock price charts, price forecasts covering Russia, Asia + Europe (PS & upstream feedstocks) for front month + 2 months ahead. Currency information. Data Analytics: Monthly Fundamental data/statistics on consumption, production, import, export and inventory including; trends, volume, growth, ranking, historical data, capacities, utilization rates, market share, by sector, type, grade, producer, region, country. Consumption and stocks (inventory) forecasts, Import & export data volumes & ranking by type, producer, country and regions (Russia). General fundamentals indices, Top 5 import grades, Terms of supply, volumes by transport type, Key economic & social figures (Russia). Insights: Daily to Annual Market moving news & analysis (business, fundamentals including maintenance/outage, technology & more) via website & reports. Written price forecast and consumption based analysis. Important trends, detailed demand analysis and outage news. 600 page unparalleled annual market study on all market dynamics, trends, analysis and statistics pertaining to specific country (Russia + Ukraine) Who should use our data: Any company involved in the production, conversion, procurement and trading of polystyrene globally. Use case: For Producers; • Spot domestic assessments, import and export parity pricing and price forecasts provide our customers with reliable market triggers and timely competitive intelligence – giving our customers confidence to set lucrative contract prices with buyers. • Our detailed supply and demand data (including import and export information by producer, polymer, grade) along with a list of ranked producers & converters has increased our customers competitive advantage optimising targeted domestic and international marketing strategy. • Detailed coverage of plant maintenance and unplanned outages provides our customers with further valuable marketing opportunities based on demand spikes around outage events. • Our daily news and analysis coupled with market leading in-depth studies allow our customers to understand and mitigate against market impacting events, research advancements in machinery & technology and identify emerging consumer demand for new types of products. • Coverage: CIS region including; Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan with related global information. • Language: Both English and Russian language versions included as standard. For Converters; • Historical, spot assessments and forecasted prices provides full visibility into how prices evolve in real-time throughout the value chain – allowing customers not only to confidently negotiate supply contracts with producers but to demonstrate cost versus price to end users. • Our detailed supply and demand data (including import and export information by producer, polymer, grade) has reduced the time it takes by 92% on average to identify new and reliable suppliers, avoiding costly disruption to feedstock materials or highlighting new customer opportunities for suppliers. • Our daily news and analysis coupled with market leading in-depth studies allow our customers to understand and mitigate against market impacting events, research advancements in machinery & technology and identify emerging consumer demand for new types of products. • Coverage: CIS region including; Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan with related global information. • Language: Both English and Russian language versions included as standard. For Brand-owners (FMCG); • Improve your product margins - Historical, spot & contract assessments with forecasted prices provides full visibility into how prices evolve in real-time throughout the supply chain – allowing you to negotiate better prices with suppliers and benefit from more favourable contract terms and lower raw material costs. margin on cost of products due to better supply contract negotiation. • Secure new, reliable suppliers - Our detailed supply and demand data (including import/export information by producer, polymer & grade) allows for robust ‘supplier performance benchmarking’ so you can confidently identify and secure new and reliable suppliers. • Improve strategic planning and anticipate new demand - Our news and expert analysis coupled with industry leading in-depth studies allow you to fully understand and plan for market impacting events including regulation, research advancements in machinery & technology and identify emerging consumer demand for new types of products or changing consumer behaviour in existing products. • Coverage: CIS region including; Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan with related global information. • Language: Both English and Russian language versions included as standard.