Asian Benzene Prices: Spot Market Trends

Asian Benzene: Rises tracking strength in wider aromatics complex / CPC buys 9,000 mt of benzene in its Dec spot tender / ENEOS Corp. has settled its Asian CP for Nov at $685/mt CFR Asia

Jun 06, 2026

Asian benzene up $5.67/mt day over day at $660/mt FOB Korea Oct. 31, amid the strength across the wider aromatics complex. the CFR China styrene monomer marker up $5/mt day over day at $804.50/mt on Oct. 31. Upstream, the front-month ICE Brent futures contract rose 54 cents/b on the trading session to $64.87/b, while the naphtha C+F Japan marker $7.88/mt higher over the session at $580.50/mt. During the Market on Close assessment process, one trade was reported. GS Caltex bought a December loading FOB Korea cargo from Glencore at $660/mt. In tender news, Taiwan’s CPC bought a total of 9,000 mt of benzene in its December spot tender at a premium of about $2/ mt to the December weekly average of Mean of FOB Korea benzene, CFR Kaohsiung, trading sources...

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