Acrylonitrile: Trading

No futures: term deals tied to Asian spot prices

What this tab covers How it is bought and sold: buyers and sellers, price benchmarks and who publishes them, exchanges, contract types, traders, how Indian buyers price it, recent price points, and good sources to follow.

Who buys, and where

China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, US Gulf; Saudi Arabia from 2027

Who sells, and from where

ABS makers in China, Korea, India; acrylic fibre makers in India, Turkey, China; acrylamide producers

Price benchmarks

Benchmark	Publisher	Basis
ACN CFR Far East Asia	ICIS; S&P Global Platts	spot, weekly
ACN CFR South Asia / India	ICIS; Platts; Alchempro	spot, weekly
ACN FOB US Gulf	ICIS; Platts	export spot

Exchanges

Venue	Contract	Notes
None	no listed ACN futures	physical trade

Contract types

Term contracts with monthly price settlements linked to Asian spot
Spot cargoes of 1,000-5,000 t in chemical tankers

Traders and distributors

Japanese trading houses and international chemical traders (indicative)

How Indian buyers price it

Import parity: CFR South Asia plus customs duty and logistics; domestic Kandla bulk price $1.427/kg vs CFR South Asia $1.301/kg (Jan 2025)
Downstream remedies: DGTR final finding of 25 Sep 2025 recommended ADD of $205-606/t on NBR from China, EU, Korea and Russia

Recent price points

Date	Price	Basis	Source
Jan 2025	$1.301/kg	CFR South Asia	Alchempro Q1 2026
Jan 2025	$1.427/kg	Kandla domestic bulk	Alchempro Q1 2026
18 Feb 2026	$1.04/kg	CFR South Asia	Alchempro Q1 2026
18 Feb 2026	$1.01/kg	FOB China	Alchempro Q1 2026

Good sources to follow

Alchempro industry articlesfree blog · Alchempro

ACN prices by region

ResourceWise blogfree blog · ResourceWise

chemical capacity rationalisation

Indianpetrochempaid research site · Indianpetrochem

Indian ACN demand, imports and prices

Offshore Technology / GlobalData analyst commentfree research site · GlobalData

capacity additions