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ARA Barge Naphtha Price Today — FOB ARA
- CommodityScope Indicative Assessment
- CS Series CS-ARA-NAPH
- daily cadence · FOB ARA · USD/mt
- Oil Products & Physical Crude Methodology v1.0
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The assessment represents the estimated prevailing market level for the defined basis and is not an executable quotation.
Latest ARA Barge Naphtha Price
The assessment range is an uncertainty interval around the CommodityScope midpoint and does not represent a quoted bid/offer spread or daily trading high/low. Range methodology
- Basis
- FOB ARA
- Unit
- USD/mt
- Frequency
- Daily
- CS Series
- CS-ARA-NAPH
ARA Barge Naphtha Price Chart
USD/mt · Calendar gaps are not interpolated.
Price Changes and Historical Range
Computed statistics are CommodityScope calculations from the series history.
Monthly ARA Barge Naphtha Prices
Average, minimum and maximum of assessment midpoints in each calendar month. These are not the daily assessment range. Incomplete latest months are marked month to date.
| Month | Average mid | Min mid | Max mid | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Month to date | 900.55 | 848.25 | 935.50 | 15 |
| September 2026 | 839.44 | 785.00 | 880.75 | 22 |
| August 2026 | 741.84 | 659.75 | 782.75 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 723.55 | 648.25 | 819.00 | 14 |
| June 2026 | 689.19 | 623.25 | 776.50 | 13 |
| May 2026 | 864.68 | 724.50 | 967.75 | 17 |
| April 2026 | 946.85 | 886.50 | 1026.25 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 846.20 | 686.25 | 993.00 | 16 |
| February 2026 | 556.16 | 541.00 | 583.25 | 11 |
| January 2026 | 546.63 | 527.25 | 566.00 | 2 |
Recent Daily Assessments
Latest CommodityScope daily assessments for the defined market basis. Low and high are the CommodityScope assessment range around each midpoint, not a bid/offer spread. Dates without an available assessment are omitted.
| Date | Low | High | Mid | Δ vs previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | 902.75 | 908.25 | 905.50 | -11.25 |
| 2026-10-20 | 913.75 | 926.25 | 916.75 | -7.75 |
| 2026-10-19 | 915.50 | 927.50 | 924.50 | +7.50 |
| 2026-10-16 | 913.75 | 920.25 | 917.00 | -0.50 |
| 2026-10-15 | 914.25 | 920.75 | 917.50 | +0.50 |
| 2026-10-14 | 913.50 | 920.50 | 917.00 | -10.50 |
| 2026-10-13 | 923.75 | 937.25 | 927.50 | -8.00 |
| 2026-10-12 | 931.75 | 939.25 | 935.50 | +14.75 |
| 2026-10-09 | 917.00 | 924.50 | 920.75 | +2.25 |
| 2026-10-08 | 914.50 | 922.50 | 918.50 | +39.50 |
| 2026-10-07 | 875.25 | 882.75 | 879.00 | +27.25 |
| 2026-10-06 | 848.25 | 855.25 | 851.75 | -16.25 |
| 2026-10-05 | 864.50 | 871.50 | 868.00 | +19.75 |
| 2026-10-02 | 844.75 | 851.75 | 848.25 | -12.50 |
| 2026-10-01 | 857.25 | 864.25 | 860.75 | +24.00 |
| 2026-09-30 | 833.25 | 840.25 | 836.75 | +24.75 |
| 2026-09-29 | 808.75 | 815.25 | 812.00 | -22.00 |
| 2026-09-28 | 830.75 | 842.75 | 834.00 | -7.25 |
| 2026-09-25 | 837.75 | 844.75 | 841.25 | -30.00 |
| 2026-09-24 | 867.75 | 874.75 | 871.25 | +23.75 |
| 2026-09-23 | 844.25 | 850.75 | 847.50 | +14.25 |
| 2026-09-22 | 826.75 | 836.50 | 833.25 | +5.25 |
| 2026-09-21 | 824.75 | 831.25 | 828.00 | -35.00 |
| 2026-09-18 | 859.75 | 866.25 | 863.00 | +17.50 |
| 2026-09-17 | 842.25 | 848.75 | 845.50 | -13.00 |
| 2026-09-16 | 855.25 | 861.75 | 858.50 | -22.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 877.25 | 883.75 | 880.50 | -0.25 |
| 2026-09-14 | 876.25 | 884.25 | 880.75 | +3.75 |
| 2026-09-11 | 871.00 | 880.75 | 877.00 | +5.00 |
| 2026-09-10 | 868.25 | 875.75 | 872.00 | — |
What This FOB ARA Price Represents
Daily FOB ARA naphtha barge assessment in USD/mt — inland-waterway parcels in the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp area.
Compare With
Each comparison states why the series are related and whether the latest values can be subtracted directly (same unit, currency and assessment date). Where they cannot, the values are shown side by side without a difference.
| Series | Why compare | Latest | Difference (this − other) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naphtha — Northwest Europe CIF NWE / ARA basis · USD/mt · daily | Same naphtha in the same region on CIF NWE cargo instead of FOB ARA barge terms; the gap contains freight/insurance or barge-vs-cargo logistics, not quality.
| 909.50 21 Oct 2026 | not directly comparable |
| Eurobob E5 — ARA FOB Amsterdam–Rotterdam · USD/mt · daily | Eurobob E5 barges: blending outlet for naphtha in the same barge market.
| 1085.25 21 Oct 2026 | not directly comparable |
Related Market Prices
CommodityScope Assessment Basis
This is the CommodityScope series definition for the published midpoint and assessment range. Characteristics that are not part of this basis are not inferred.
- Product
- Naphtha
- Product quality
- Open-specification naphtha as typically offered for petrochemical or gasoline-blendstock use. CommodityScope does not assess a named paraffin, density or sulphur specification.
- Location basis
- FOB ARA
- Parcel basis
- Typical ARA barge parcel as transacted in the inland-waterway market. CommodityScope does not fix a standard barge tonnage.
- Delivery / loading period
- Not fixed in the published series basis.
- Assessment window
- CommodityScope daily assessment dated as of the published assessment date.
- Currency / unit
- USD/mt
- Normalization
- Inputs used for the midpoint and the assessment range are considered only after they can be expressed on this series basis and unit. Cross-unit values are not converted on the public site and are not mixed into this series.
Terms not specified
- The series basis names this series as “Naphtha” and does not specify a fuller specification; none is assumed here.
Specification · series name and basis only
The series basis does not specify a product specification beyond its name and basis; none is assumed.
Basis: FOB ARA
- FOB (free on board): the price covers the product loaded on the vessel at the named origin; sea freight and insurance to the destination are excluded, so FOB values from different loading areas are not delivered-cost equivalents.
- Barge-based ARA/AR/FARAG values refer to inland-waterway barge parcels in the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp area (FARAG adds Flushing and Ghent); they are smaller lots than seagoing cargoes and are not the same market as CIF NWE cargoes.
- ARA is the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp port and refining complex on the North Sea, linked by the Rhine to inland Europe; barge values here are inland-waterway parcels.
Unit: USD/mt
- USD/bbl values (Singapore, Arab Gulf, Fujairah) and USD/mt values (Europe, Japan naphtha) cannot be compared without a product-specific density conversion; the site does not convert them.
- CommodityScope publishes a midpoint and an assessment range around that midpoint; the range is an uncertainty interval, not a bid/offer spread. Charts and monthly statistics use the midpoint only.
How to use this series, and what it is not for
How to use this series
- Follow cracker-feedstock costs by region; compare with gasoline in the same basis to read blending economics.
What it is not suitable for
- Converting between USD/bbl and USD/mt without a density assumption.
Product and market references
- ICC Incoterms® 2020 rules (FOB, CFR, CIF, FCA definitions) — Meaning of the delivery terms used in the basis column.
- CommodityScope Market Assessment Methodology
Assessment, assessment range and computed statistics: CommodityScope. The assessment range is an uncertainty interval around the midpoint, not a bid/offer spread. See the Oil Products & Physical Crude Methodology v1.0 for assessment basis, calculation principles and data policy.