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China PX capacity keeps rising in 2019-2022

Shandong (JLC), March 13, 2023--China PX capacity kept rising during 2019-2022 as most refining and chemical integration bases were matched with PX units, and this cut the dependence on imported cargo

03-13-2023 16:43:28

China’s PX capacity surges in 2019

China’s PX capacity saw a explosive growth in 2019 as more petrochemical producers brought their PX units into operation.

06-17-2020 13:55:13

China’s PX imports see first drop in 2019

Shandong (JLC), May 27, 2020--China’s PX imports dropped in 2019, the first in past nine years as domestic PX capacity increased.

05-27-2020 17:24:19

Global PX capacity surges in 2019

Shandong (JLC), April 27, 2020--The global PX capacity increased sharply in 2019, largely contributing to great rises in Asian PX capacity, and the output moved higher simultaneously.

04-27-2020 16:59:13

China’s toluene imports inch up 0.91% in 2019

Shandong (JLC), March 9, 2020--China imported a total of around 331,000 mt of toluene in 2019, a small rise of 3,000 mt or 0.91% against 328,000 mt in 2018, according to data from the General Administration of Customs.

03-09-2020 15:49:34

China's PET bottle chip exports up 5.69% in 2019

Shandong (JLC), February 25, 2020-- China exported a total of around 2.90 million mt of PET bottle chip in 2019, up 158,000 mt or 5.69% against 2.74 million mt in 2018, according to data from the General Administration of Customs.

02-25-2020 16:41:32

China’s monthly MEG imports up 1.2% in 2019

Shandong (JLC), February 25, 2020--China’s monthly imports of monomer ethylene glycol (MEG) averaged 828,900 mt in 2019, a rise of 1.2% year on year.

02-25-2020 15:11:52

Acrylonitrile downstream consumption diverse in 2019

Shandong (JLC), February 25, 2020--The acrylonitrile consumption from acrylic fibers, ABS, acrylamide and NBR, the four major downstream products of acrylonitrile, showed a various trend in 2019.

02-25-2020 14:13:29

China potassium chloride imports statistics in 2019

China’s imports of potassium chloride in 2019 were 9.0756 million mt, a great increase compared with previous years. The potassium chloride imports in 2017 and 2018 were 7.5355 million mt and 7.4558 million mt, respectively.

02-20-2020 11:48:27

JLC China Sulfur Imports Analysis, 2019

In recent 5 years, China’s sulfur imports sustained above 10 mln mt. In 2019, China imported 11.73 mln mt sulfur, up 8.79% YoY.

02-18-2020 09:47:30

China BCS imports down 7.4% in 2019 （Part II）

Shandong (JLC), February 11, 2020--According the data statistics from the General Administration of Customs of the PRC, the butyl cellosolve (BCS) imports saw a year-on-year decline of 7.4%.

02-11-2020 12:02:32

China BCS imports down 7.4% in 2019 (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), February 11, 2020--According the data statistics from the General Administration of Customs of the PRC, the butyl cellosolve (BCS) imports saw a year-on-year decline of 7.4%.

02-11-2020 11:50:54

China’s chemical fertilizer exports up 10.9% in 2019

Shandong (JLC), February 11, 2020--China exported 26.55 million mt of chemical fertilizer in 2019, a rise of 10.9% year on year, according to data from the General Administration of Customs.

02-11-2020 11:49:43

Asian MX market review in 2019

Shandong (JLC), January 22, 2020--Asian MX prices fluctuated in 2019 affected by changes in fundamentals as well as crude futures market.

01-22-2020 16:23:36

Asian OX market review in 2019

Shandong (JLC), January 21, 2020--Asian OX prices rose at the start of 2019 as a result of tight supply, but moved down in the fourth quarter dragged down weak demand.

01-21-2020 11:41:07

Social PX inventory to rise in Dec 2019

The social inventory of PX would further accumulate to around 2.25 million mt in December 2019, an increase of 80,000 mt from November, which was the same as the beginning of 2019.

01-20-2020 14:03:09

China butadiene prices change greatly in 2019

Shandong (JLC), January 17, 2020--China’s butadiene market underwent huge changes in 2019. The prevailing market price of butadiene continuously dropped following the supply-demand changes.

01-17-2020 15:04:39

China MX consumption structure changes in 2019

Shandong (JLC), January 14, 2019--The consumption of MX in solvent sector and the gasoline blending market kept falling in 2019, but that in fine chemical industry rose further on robust polyester market.

01-14-2020 14:54:24

Hotspots of PTA industry in 2019

In 2019, the overall price of PTA showed a downward trend. The average market price at the beginning of the year was CNY6,138/mt, and the average price at the end of the year was CNY4,978/mt, with an annual decline of 18.89%.

01-07-2020 14:14:29

China methanol supply remains ample in 2019

Shandong (JLC), January 2, 2020--China’s methanol supply remained ample in 2019. The domestic supply was basically unchanged, but methanol imports increased remarkably.

01-02-2020 11:29:32

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