Clearly defined and transparent methodologies are the backbone of Platts’ price assessment processes. Platt’s methodologies provide detailed descriptions and explanations of how we assess the market value of commodities so that customers and other interested parties understand those processes. In this section, we post documentation by commodity and region for all published price assessments and indices. View the Platts Market On Close Video
US petrochemicals methodology (as of May 2013)
European petrochemicals methodology (as of May 2013)
Asian petrochemicals methodology (as of April 2013)
Global biofuels methodology (as of February 2013)
Biofuels and gasoline components methodology (as of August 2012)
Natural Rubber Index (RBX) (as of September 2011)
Platts Asian Petrochemicalscan: code list (as of May 2009)
Platts Europe & Americas Petrochemical Scan: code list (as of May 2009)
Platts Polymerscan: code list (as of May 2009)
Platts Solvents Wire: code list (as of May 2009)
Guidelines for PCA 005 trading (as of April 2012)
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