Unsaturated polyester resins: Trading

Monthly price lists and styrene hedging

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

India (specialty and isophthalic grades)
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Africa

Who sells, and from where

China
Europe
United States
South Korea and Taiwan

Price benchmarks

Benchmark	Publisher	Basis
China domestic UPR prices	Oilchem (Longzhong) and other Chinese data services	daily or weekly domestic
Styrene CFR China and FOB Korea	S&P Global Platts, ICIS	used as cost proxy

Exchanges

Venue	Contract	Notes
none	no UPR futures; styrene futures trade on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (indicative)	Some Chinese producers hedge styrene.

Contract types

Monthly price lists to fabricators
Quarterly contracts with raw-material escalation clauses
Distributor sales in drums

Traders and distributors

Producer sales networks
Composite material distributors
Indian importers and FRP fabricators

How Indian buyers price it

Indian UPR prices follow imported styrene and PG costs plus domestic anhydride prices; producers revise lists monthly (indicative).
No DGTR anti-dumping duty on UPR itself was found in sources reached.

Recent price points

Date	Price	Basis	Source
2 Mar 2026	$1,030/t	Asian styrene (input cost proxy; UPR price not published)	S&P Global Platts via styrene tile

Good sources to follow

Chyxx industry research (智研咨询)freemium research site · Chyxx

China UPR output, demand and producers

Oilchem (隆众资讯) UPR market reportspaid research site · Oilchem / Longzhong

Chinese UPR and styrene prices

IMARC unsaturated polyester resins marketpaid research site · IMARC Group

Global market size and segments

Alchempro chemicals newsfree research site · Alchempro

Indian prices for styrene, glycols and resins