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Northwest Europe Naphtha Price Today — CIF NWE / ARA basis
- CommodityScope Indicative Assessment
- CS Series CS-NWE-NAPH-CIF + 1 related series on this page
- daily cadence · CIF NWE / ARA basis · 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 Northwest Europe 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
- CIF NWE / ARA basis
- Unit
- USD/mt
- Frequency
- Daily
- CS Series
- CS-NWE-NAPH-CIF
Northwest Europe 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 Northwest Europe 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 | 904.55 | 852.25 | 939.50 | 15 |
| September 2026 | 843.44 | 789.00 | 884.75 | 22 |
| August 2026 | 745.84 | 663.75 | 786.75 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 727.55 | 652.25 | 823.00 | 14 |
| June 2026 | 693.19 | 627.25 | 780.50 | 13 |
| May 2026 | 868.68 | 728.50 | 971.75 | 17 |
| April 2026 | 950.85 | 890.50 | 1030.25 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 850.20 | 690.25 | 997.00 | 16 |
| February 2026 | 560.16 | 545.00 | 587.25 | 11 |
| January 2026 | 550.63 | 531.25 | 570.00 | 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 | 906.75 | 912.25 | 909.50 | -11.25 |
| 2026-10-20 | 917.75 | 930.25 | 920.75 | -7.75 |
| 2026-10-19 | 919.50 | 931.50 | 928.50 | +7.50 |
| 2026-10-16 | 917.75 | 924.25 | 921.00 | -0.50 |
| 2026-10-15 | 918.25 | 924.75 | 921.50 | +0.50 |
| 2026-10-14 | 917.50 | 924.50 | 921.00 | -10.50 |
| 2026-10-13 | 927.75 | 941.25 | 931.50 | -8.00 |
| 2026-10-12 | 935.75 | 943.25 | 939.50 | +14.75 |
| 2026-10-09 | 921.00 | 928.50 | 924.75 | +2.25 |
| 2026-10-08 | 918.50 | 926.50 | 922.50 | +39.50 |
| 2026-10-07 | 879.25 | 886.75 | 883.00 | +27.25 |
| 2026-10-06 | 852.25 | 859.25 | 855.75 | -16.25 |
| 2026-10-05 | 868.50 | 875.50 | 872.00 | +19.75 |
| 2026-10-02 | 848.75 | 855.75 | 852.25 | -12.50 |
| 2026-10-01 | 861.25 | 868.25 | 864.75 | +24.00 |
| 2026-09-30 | 837.25 | 844.25 | 840.75 | +24.75 |
| 2026-09-29 | 812.75 | 819.25 | 816.00 | -22.00 |
| 2026-09-28 | 834.75 | 846.75 | 838.00 | -7.25 |
| 2026-09-25 | 841.75 | 848.75 | 845.25 | -30.00 |
| 2026-09-24 | 871.75 | 878.75 | 875.25 | +23.75 |
| 2026-09-23 | 848.25 | 854.75 | 851.50 | +14.25 |
| 2026-09-22 | 830.75 | 840.50 | 837.25 | +5.25 |
| 2026-09-21 | 828.75 | 835.25 | 832.00 | -35.00 |
| 2026-09-18 | 863.75 | 870.25 | 867.00 | +17.50 |
| 2026-09-17 | 846.25 | 852.75 | 849.50 | -13.00 |
| 2026-09-16 | 859.25 | 865.75 | 862.50 | -22.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 881.25 | 887.75 | 884.50 | -0.25 |
| 2026-09-14 | 880.25 | 888.25 | 884.75 | +3.75 |
| 2026-09-11 | 875.00 | 884.75 | 881.00 | +5.00 |
| 2026-09-10 | 872.25 | 879.75 | 876.00 | — |
What This CIF NWE / ARA basis Price Represents
Daily CIF Northwest Europe naphtha cargo assessment (ARA delivery basis) in USD/mt — the European delivered cracker-feedstock value.
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 — ARA Barge FOB ARA · USD/mt · daily | Same naphtha in the same region on FOB ARA barge instead of CIF NWE cargo terms; the gap contains freight/insurance or barge-vs-cargo logistics, not quality.
| 905.50 21 Oct 2026 | not directly comparable |
| Naphtha — Mediterranean CIF CIF Med · USD/mt · daily | CIF Med naphtha: the other European delivered value. | 874.00 21 Oct 2026 | +35.50 |
| Naphtha — Japan CFR Japan · USD/mt · daily | CFR Japan naphtha in the same unit: the Asian delivered value; the East–West naphtha gap.
| 994.13 21 Oct 2026 | not directly comparable |
Related Market Prices
Series on This Page
Naphtha CIF Northwest Europe: the spot assessment and the forward curve reference the same underlying market basis and are shown on one page. The first row is the featured series: it supplies the headline value, chart and statistics above. Each series keeps its own CS Series identifier and history.
| Series | CS Series | Cadence | Latest | Change | Assessment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spot assessmentFeatured CIF NWE / ARA basis | CS-NWE-NAPH-CIF | daily | 909.50 USD/mt | -11.25 vs previous daily assessment (20 Oct 2026) | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Forward curve CIF NWE | CS-FWD-NWE-NAPH | daily · M1 tenor | 880.25 USD/mt | -6.25 vs previous daily assessment (20 Oct 2026) | 21 Oct 2026 |
Forward curve — 21 October 2026
Forward values on the same underlying basis (CIF NWE; CS Series CS-FWD-NWE-NAPH), in USD/mt. All tenors published on the latest assessment date are shown; the highlighted M1 tenor is listed below with its recent history. The curve is a separate series and is not mixed into the spot history above.
| Tenor | Contract | Bid | Offer | Mid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Nov26 | — | — | 880.25 |
| M2 | Dec26 | — | — | 847.00 |
The highlighted M1 row is the tenor listed in the recent-history table. Other tenors are shown for this date only.
| Date | M1 bid | M1 offer | M1 mid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | — | — | 880.25 |
| 2026-10-20 | — | — | 886.50 |
| 2026-10-19 | — | — | 893.00 |
| 2026-10-16 | — | — | 882.50 |
| 2026-10-15 | — | — | 881.75 |
| 2026-10-14 | — | — | 879.75 |
| 2026-10-13 | — | — | 884.50 |
| 2026-10-12 | — | — | 894.25 |
Latest 8 of 143 M1 observations. A dash means no bid or offer was published for that date.
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
- CIF NWE / ARA basis
- 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: CIF NWE / ARA basis
- CIF NWE / ARA basis: cargo delivered to the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp area, as stated in the basis.
- CIF (cost, insurance and freight): the price includes ocean freight and insurance to the named destination area. The difference to an FOB value may reflect freight, insurance, location and basis, parcel size, timing and other market differences; it is not a trading margin and not a pure freight rate.
- 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.
- Northwest Europe (NWE) covers the Channel and North Sea coast from Le Havre to Hamburg; cargo values here are seagoing parcels, not barges.
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.