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November 2026 Glove Raw Material Snapshot: Brent, Butadiene, Acrylonitrile, PVC Resin and Natural Rubber Verified Data

October 29, 2026Fujian Jixiang E-commerce Co., Ltd

Verified glove raw material prices collected 27 October 2026: Brent at $115.81/bbl, butadiene CFR China $1,700/t, acrylonitrile 10,900 yuan/t, PVC SG-5 around 5,000 yuan/t and TSR20 correcting from its peak, with scenario actions for November contracting.

Heading into November 2026, glove raw material costs are splitting along a line that is no longer crude oil. Brent settled at 115.81 US dollars per barrel on 26 October, its highest sustained level of the year, yet butadiene has gone flat at 1,700 dollars per ton CFR China for two consecutive sessions and natural rubber has fallen about 5 percent from its 10 October peak. Crude is expensive, the nitrile chain is only partially following, and the practical risk for buyers has shifted from price level to freight and insurance.

Price Snapshot - Collected 27 October 2026

Commodity / Benchmark	Latest Price	Data Date	Direction	Source

Note on methodology: commodity quotations differ by region, specification and reporting agency, and the figures above are the published benchmarks available on the collection date. They are intended for procurement planning, not for trading.

What Drove October - and What Changes in November

Driver	What Happened in October	November Read-Across for Gloves

| Hormuz and Gulf shipping | October became the worst month on record for attacks on commercial shipping around Hormuz, with 28 incidents reported and 11 tankers hit; war-risk cover reached 6 to 10 percent of hull value per transit against 0.15 to 0.25 percent before the conflict | Freight and insurance, not the chemical price, are the fastest-moving cost line for GCC and Europe deliveries |

| Crude feedstock | Brent rose 6 percent in the week to 23 October, then settled 0.78 percent lower at 115.81 USD/bbl on 26 October after peace talks in Tehran | Cost floor stays high; a single headline can move naphtha and butadiene within a week |

| Butadiene supply | Units at North Huajin and Hainan Refining restarted, easing the earlier resource shortage; October cargoes traded in a range | Supply is no longer the constraint, so butadiene is now priced off crude rather than off scarcity |

| Acrylonitrile | Supply stayed loose with producer inventory around 47,000 tonnes; one major Jiangsu producer cut its list price to 11,500 yuan/t on 21 October, then the benchmark rebounded into month end | Nitrile rubber's second feedstock is the looser leg, which caps nitrile cost inflation |

| PVC resin | Operating rate near 60 percent, the lowest of the year, with both carbide and ethylene routes loss-making; East China SG-5 rose about 5 percent in a week on cost support, not demand | Vinyl glove floor price rises with crude, upside limited by weak construction demand |

| Natural rubber | SICOM TSR20 peaked at 2,703 USD/t on 10 October, then corrected as weather improved in Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam; ANRPC cut 2026 output growth to 0.6 percent | Latex glove input cost is correcting but stays structurally supported |

Cost Pass-Through to a Nitrile Glove

Butadiene and acrylonitrile are the two feedstocks of nitrile rubber, and both are co-products of steam cracking alongside fuels. That is why crude oil sets the floor even when neither chemical moves. The table below translates the snapshot into directional pressure per glove family rather than into a price quote, because glove prices also carry conversion, energy, packaging and freight.

Glove Family	Key Inputs	Direction into November	What Buyers Should Do

| Nitrile rubber examination gloves | Butadiene 1,700 USD/t CFR, acrylonitrile 10,900 yuan/t | Mild upward pressure: butadiene flat but firm, acrylonitrile rebounding off month-end lows | Negotiate index-linked pricing on butadiene plus acrylonitrile, with a quarterly reset rather than annual |

| Nitrile rubber industrial gloves | Same feedstocks plus higher compound loading | Same direction, larger absolute exposure per pair | Fix volume bands and price caps rather than a single flat price |

| PVC (vinyl) gloves | PVC SG-5 around 5,000 yuan/t, plasticiser, crude-linked ethylene | Upward pressure from cost side, capped by weak demand | Shorter price validity, 30 to 45 days, given the loss-making producer base |

| Latex examination and surgical gloves | Natural rubber TSR20 2,559 USD/t, correcting from peak | Correcting from a peak but still structurally high on tight ANRPC output | Wait on spot, but secure allocation - supply, not price, is the risk |

| Any glove landed in the Gulf or Europe | Freight, war-risk insurance, container availability | The largest single uncertainty this month | Add a freight and insurance review clause to existing contracts |

Three Actions for November Contracts

Separate material from logistics in the price formula: with war-risk insurance at multiples of its pre-conflict level, a formula that only indexes the polymer will under-recover and invite renegotiation mid-quarter.
Set the reset trigger on published benchmarks: name the benchmark, the reference period and the trigger threshold, so a 3 percent move in butadiene CFR China is either passed through or not - without a debate.
Treat latex and nitrile differently: the nitrile chain is following crude upward, while natural rubber is correcting from a supply peak. A single "raw material" index applied to both will misprice one of them.

What Would Change This View

Three developments would move the November picture. A credible de-escalation that reopens Hormuz traffic would cut freight and insurance faster than it cuts crude, which is the largest single relief available to landed glove cost. A sustained break above 120 dollars on Brent would pull butadiene up with it and remove the current flatness. And a further ANRPC downgrade to natural rubber output would end the latex correction before it reaches the levels buyers are now expecting.

None of these can be forecast reliably from a single month of data, which is the argument for index-linked terms over fixed annual prices: the buyer and the supplier are both exposed to the same three variables, and a formula prices them honestly.

All price data collected 27 October 2026 from the sources cited in each row. Verify against live quotes before finalising November contracts; market conditions in the Gulf can change within days.

FAQ

Q: What is the butadiene price for gloves in late October 2026?

A: Butadiene was quoted at 1,700 US dollars per ton CFR China on 26 October 2026, unchanged from 23 October, with the domestic 100ppi benchmark at 13,433.33 yuan per ton and Shandong Luzhong delivered material at 14,200 yuan per ton, up 3.09 percent. Collected 27 October 2026.

Q: Why is Brent at 115.81 dollars but butadiene flat?

A: Because butadiene supply improved: units at North Huajin and Hainan Refining restarted, easing the earlier shortage. With supply no longer constrained, butadiene is priced off feedstock and downstream demand rather than scarcity, so it is not tracking every crude move.

Q: Are PVC glove prices rising in November 2026?

A: Directionally yes, but modestly. East China SG-5 rose from 4,800 to 4,900 yuan per ton to a 5,050 to 5,100 yuan range in the last week, about 5 percent, driven by cost support and a plant operating rate near 60 percent, while weak construction demand caps the upside.

Q: Is natural rubber still driving latex glove costs up?

A: It is correcting, not collapsing. SICOM TSR20 peaked at 2,703 US dollars per ton on 10 October and stood at 2,559 dollars per ton on 27 October, about 5.3 percent lower, while ANRPC cut its 2026 output growth forecast to 0.6 percent, which keeps the floor high.

Q: What is the biggest cost risk for glove buyers in November 2026?

A: Freight and war-risk insurance, not the polymer. With October the worst month on record for shipping attacks around Hormuz and war-risk cover at 6 to 10 percent of hull value per transit, a landed-cost formula that indexes only the raw material will under-recover quickly.

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