Alberta and Vancouver export desks entered the third November session with a split domestic print: Shengyishe's morning benchmark notice still carried 5,224.25 yuan per metric tonne, matching the prior session's spot-table close, while the afternoon spot reference lifted granular sulfur to 5,261.75 yuan per tonne, up 37.50 yuan or 0.71 percent from yesterday's 5,224.25 yuan line on the same feed.
The 08:30 benchmark headline framed the 5,224.25 yuan figure as 2.25 percent below the 5,344.25 yuan November open rather than as a fresh day-on-day cut, keeping the national benchmark aligned with the three-month low band established on 2 November while the spot table tested a modest rebound into the close.
Annual statistics on the benchmark page put the one-year span at 3,194.33 to 11,084.33 yuan per tonne with a 6,332.14 yuan average and a mid-low one-year position label, context for traders sizing replacement cost against the still-elevated phosphate-led unwind from the autumn peak.
Shengyishe's 3 November trend screen labeled the market oscillation with a mild downward bias, citing mean-spread moves that did not line up: the 5-day spread at minus 137.50 yuan per tonne versus minus 85.50 yuan on 1 November, the 10-day spread at minus 136.25 versus minus 117.25, and the 20-day spread at minus 419.07 versus minus 473.14, the last narrowing on the day.
Shandong Li Huayi raised liquid and industrial sulfur list prices to 5,170 yuan per tonne on 3 November, up 100 yuan from the prior list on the wire, a plant-side bid that sits below the national benchmark header but adds to the mixed directional signals after Dongming and Li Huayi cuts on 2 November.
A 100ppi inventory note published 3 November carried monitored domestic port stocks for 2 November at 1.1122 million tonnes, down from the 1.1251 million tonne coastal total last published for 28 October on the rawmex wire.
The breakdown listed Fangchenggang at 420 thousand tonnes, Zhanjiang at 340 thousand tonnes, Zhenjiang at 219 thousand tonnes, Dafeng at 82 thousand tonnes, Beihai at 18 thousand tonnes, and Nanjing at 10 thousand tonnes, a slightly lighter cover figure that the wire linked to routine destocking pressure and mostly need-based buying.
Middle East nomination math was unchanged on the open record: Shanghai Metals Market's 8 October flash still lists October 2026 producer contracts at QatarEnergy 835 dollars per tonne FOB, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation 820 dollars FOB, and ADNOC 890 dollars FOB Ruwais, with November QSP, KSP, ADNOC OSP, and Saudi Aramco monthly postings still absent on verified open wires at desk time.
ChemPriceHub's mid-October international roundup still frames seaborne competition near 830 to 840 dollars FOB Vancouver and 740 to 790 dollars FOB Middle East ex-Iran for the week of 15 October, the dollar bands Alberta blocks must clear when yuan replacement cost oscillates inside a 5,220 to 5,260 yuan band.
Alberta Energy Regulator ST3 sulphur statistical files on the public index were unchanged at desk time, with the verified_public August 2026 provincial closing inventory still the North American stockpile anchor behind rail and terminal scheduling.
Port of Vancouver and Statistics Canada HS 2503 tables showed no new open monthly sulfur line on this sweep; VFPA cargo pages returned 403 on automated fetch and the legacy AER news URL returned 404.
USGS Mineral Industry Surveys sulfur links for 2026 remain available through July on the national minerals page when reachable; the open index returned 403 from this cloud egress pass.
For dated China benchmark, port inventory, Middle East contract context, and downloadable CSV history, see the China sulfur price and Middle East sulfur contract price topic pages; licensed weekly assessment grids stay with your data vendor.
Desk read: treat 5,261.75 yuan as the working spot reference and 5,224.25 yuan as the flat benchmark header until Gulf November contracts print; size Vancouver netbacks with 830 to 840 dollar FOB and roughly 1.11 million tonne coastal cover in the same spreadsheet.