據ICIS網站5月6日消息 由于油價下跌和疫情對需求的破壞影響，ICIS石化指數（IPEX）在4月份暴跌。

全球指數維持在2003年11月的水平，略低于2003年1月的水平。

由于石化和塑料價格全面下跌，全球指數逐月大幅下跌。該指數反應了12種主要石化和塑料產品的主要合同價格和月平均價格變動情況。

4月份，隨著石腦油價格的下跌在整個地區市場中發揮作用，芳烴價格迅速大幅下跌。石油化工產品價格受到原油下跌和供過于求的負面市場情緒的影響，因為全球大面積的冠狀病毒封鎖打擊了下游和終端用途產品的需求。

雖然對某些對保護人類健康至關重要的化學品和塑料的需求有所增加，但石化產品和塑料的總體價格趨勢在很大程度上由于供過于求而下降。

一些聚合物受到的影響最小，雖然就價格而言，美國聚丙烯和歐洲聚苯乙烯等產品的降幅仍在接近5-6%的范圍內。

王磊 摘譯自 ICIS

原文如下：

Global ICIS Petrochemical Index (IPEX) for April plunges to November 2003 level

The ICIS Petrochemical Index (IPEX) plunged in April as the impact of the falling oil price and coronavirus-driven demand destruction slammed the sector.

The global index stands at a level last seen in November 2003 and is just below that in January 2003.

Each of the regional components of the global index fell sharply month on month as petrochemical and plastic prices fell across the board. The index charts the largely contract and average monthly price movements of a basket of the 12 major petrochemicals and plastics.

Aromatics prices fell steeply and quickly in April as the falling value of naphtha worked its way through the regional markets. Petrochemicals prices are impacted by the drop in crude oil and the negative market sentiment of oversupply as coronavirus lockdowns across large areas of the globe hit downstream and end-use product demand.

While there are some bright spots of increased demand for certain chemicals and plastics important for the protection of human health, the overarching price trend for petrochemicals and plastics is down due largely to oversupply.

Some of the polymers have been least affected by the lockdowns although in terms of price, the drops for products such as polypropylene in the US and polystyrene in Europe were still in the close to 5-6% range.