據ICIS網站4月3日休斯頓報道 因疫情中國石化新聞網訊 影響需求以及上游苯成本暴跌，美國3月苯乙烯合約周五被評估為大幅下跌，共下跌15美分/磅（330美元/噸）。

苯乙烯合同被拖欠一個月。

ICIS價格數據顯示，自2008年11-12月合同價格下跌超過43%以來，合同價格下跌30%是單月跌幅最大的一次。

市場受到持續疲軟的衍生品需求的拖累，但近期的下跌趨勢因歐佩克和俄羅斯之間的價格戰刺激原油價格大幅下跌而放大。

原油價格的大幅下跌也受到需求驟減的推動，因為在疫情期間，除了基本服務外，該國大部分地區已經開始實施管制。

3月份苯現貨價格下跌，因為疫情影響繼續壓低全球原油價格。4月份苯合約下跌超過50%，這也對苯乙烯價值造成壓力。

王磊 摘譯自 ICIS

原文如下：

US March styrene contracts plummet amid demand erosion, plunging upstream benzene

US March styrene contracts were assessed at a significant decrease on Friday, falling by 15 cents/lb ($330/tonne), amid demand destruction from efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus and plunging upstream benzene costs.

Styrene contracts are assessed one month in arrears.

The 30% decrease in the contact price is the sharpest one-month drop by percentage since contract prices fell by more than 43% from November 2008 to December 2008, according to ICIS pricing data.

The market has been weighed by persistently soft derivative demand, but the recent downward trend has been amplified by sharp decreases in crude oil prices, spurred by a price war between OPEC and Russia.

The sharp drop in crude prices has also been driven by the sudden demand destruction as much of the country has shut down except for essential services amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Spot benzene prices dropped in March as the pandemic continued to push down global crude values. April benzene contracts fell by more than 50%, which also pressured styrene values.