据安迅思新闻新加坡10月12日消息，亚洲聚丁橡胶（PBR）价格或仍将经受压力，因为在原料丁二烯价格大幅下跌的情况下，买家们停止了购买活动。

据安迅思数据显示，10月11日，亚洲市场高顺式PBR现货价格跌至1850美元-1900美元/吨（CFR东南亚），比前一周下跌50美元/吨，与8月底相比已经下跌约13%。

尽管亚洲主要的中国市场在结束了长达七天的国庆假期后重新开放，但是本周亚洲PBR市场现货交易活动几乎陷入停滞状态。

一位PBR生产商表示：“本周市场非常平静，没有明确的报价，因为鉴于原料丁二烯价格已经大幅下挫，PBR客户谨慎观望。

安迅思数据显示，10月5日，亚洲丁二烯价格下跌至1300美元/吨（CFR东北亚），从8月24日以来已经大幅下跌26%。

市场消息人士称，在全球股市大跌而且原油价格出现下跌的情况下，买家们纷纷离场观望，并推迟了购买计划。

一位橡胶经销商表示：“本周我对合成橡胶没有任何询问，包括PBR。买家们只是等待观望。”

另一位橡胶经销商表示：“市场情绪非常疲弱，买家们正离场观望，等待更清晰的市场信号。”

在全球两大经济体之间不断升级的贸易战争中，中国对美国的轮胎出口已经下降。

一位中国PBR制造商表示：“随着汽车产量和销量的下降，中国国内对轮胎的需求也有所放缓。”

据中国汽车制造商协会（CAAM）的数据，今年8月中国汽车销量同比下降3.8%至210万辆。

PBR是汽车轮胎的一种生产原料。

原文如下：Asia PBR may extend falls as buyers retreat amid BD plunge

Asia’s polybutadiene rubber (PBR) prices may remain under pressure as buyers retreated following heavy losses in feedstock butadiene (BD) market.

On 11 October, spot prices of high-cis PBR dropped to $1,850-1,900/tonne CFR (cost & freight) southeast (SE) Asia, down by $50/tonne from the previous week, and down by about 13% from late August, ICIS data showed.

Spot activities had almost ground to a halt in Asia this week despite the re-opening of the key Chinese market after a week-long National Day holiday on 1-7 October.

“It is very quiet this week – there are no firm bids as customers are adopting a cautious stance, given that the feedstock BD price had fallen so sharply,” a PBR maker said.

On 5 October, BD prices fell to $1,300/tonne CFR northeast (NE) Asia, down by 26% from 24 August, ICIS data showed.

Buyers have retreated to the sidelines and held back their purchases amid heavy sell-offs in the global equities market and with crude price falling, market sources said.

“I have no enquiries this week at all for synthetic rubber, including PBR. Buyers just wait and watch,” a rubber distributor said.

“Market sentiment is very weak and buyers are staying on the sidelines to wait for a clearer picture,” another rubber distributor said.

Chinese tyre exports to the US have fallen amid the escalating trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.

"Domestic demand for tyres has also slowed in China as the automotive production and sales have fallen," a Chinese PBR maker said.

In August, China’s vehicles sales fell 3.8% year on year to 2.1m units, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

PBR is a feedstock in the production of tyres for the automotive industry.