Celanese Announces Acetyl Intermediates Price Increases

DALLAS, AMSTERDAM & SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, will increase list and off-list selling prices for the following acetyl intermediates products. The price increases below will be effective immediately, or as contracts otherwise allow, and are incremental to any previously announced increases.

Product	China (RMB/MT)	Asia Outside China (USD/MT)	EMEA (EUR/MT)	South America & Mexico (USD/MT)	USA & Canada (USD/LB)
Acetic Acid	¥700	$100	€100	$100	$0.045
Vinyl Acetate Monomer	¥700	$100	€250	$250	$0.10
Acetic Anhydride	¥400	$60	€75	$60	$0.03
Vinyl-based Emulsions (i.e. VAE & PVAc)	¥300	$50	€50	$66	$0.03
Ethyl Acetate	-	$50	€50	$50	$0.02
Butyl Acetate	-	$50	-	-	-
Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)	¥700	-	-	$100	$0.05
Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)	¥700	-	-	$100	$0.05

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