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China BPA industry sees capacity expansion and margin losses in 2024

Shandong (JLC), December 17, 2024—In 2024, China’s BPA industry saw continuous expansion of capacity and production margin losses weighed by tepid supply-demand fundamentals and high production costs,

12-17-2024 12:00:22

Fiber-grade PET capacity up on year

Shandong (JLC), October 29, 2024--The total capacity of fiber-grade PET increased as of September on a year-on-year comparison, on account of rising demand from film industry.

10-29-2024 14:04:59

PTA & PET capacity expansions fuel both supply and demand growth in H1

Shandong (JLC), Jul 19, 2024—In the first half of 2024, the domestic supply and demand saw simultaneous growth, as PTA and PET capacities came online one after another.

07-19-2024 16:38:24

Polyester capacity expansion slows down in H1, 2024

Shandong (JLC), July 8, 2024--Polyester capacity expansion slowed down in the first half of the year after a fast growth in the previous year.

07-08-2024 15:18:09

China polyolefin capacity sees booming growth

Shandong (JLC), March 19, 2024—Looking back at how producers in polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) markets thrived amid the ebbs and flows in the past ten years, it can be realized that producer

03-19-2024 17:16:56

China VAC capacity totals 3.4 million mt/yr in 2023

Shandong (JLC), December 27, 2023—China VAC (vinyl acetate) capacity reached 3.4 million mt/yr in 2023.

12-27-2023 16:14:46

China acrylonitrile capacity shows uptrend in 2023

Shandong (JLC), December 21, 2023--Acrylonitrile capacity kept rising in the year, thanks to producers comprising Oriental Petrochemical, Guangdong Jieyang Petrochemical and Sierbang Petrochemical br

12-21-2023 15:52:15

Shenghong’s Jiangsu facility tops world’s acrylonitrile capacity

Guangzhou (JLC), December 8, 2023 – Sierbang Petrochemical, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shenghong Petrochemical (“Shenghong”), commissioned its fourth 260,000-mt/yr acrylonitrile unit

12-08-2023 19:00:20

Asian toluene capacity distribution analysis in 2023

Shandong (JLC), November 30, 2023--Asian toluene capacity saw regional differentials in distribution in 2023, and the detailed analysis is as follows.

11-30-2023 11:46:24

Butanone capacity inches up, output largely stable

Shandong (JLC), November 28, 2023--China butanone capacity inched up as of late November, as Anhui Zhonghuifa New Materials brought on line its unit, while the product output was largely stable, larg

11-28-2023 16:22:52

Newly-added PFY capacity totals 4.12 mln mt in 2023

Shandong (JLC), October 25, 2023--Polyester filament yarn (PFY) industry witnessed a fast expansion in the year when producers including Jiangsu Hengyang Chemical and Fiber and Jiangsu Xintuo New Mate

10-25-2023 16:49:14

Excessive PTA production capacity drags down imports

Shandong (JLC), September 20, 2023--From January to July 2023, the imports of PTA in China remained scarce, mainly due to the oversupply of domestic PTA production capacity.

09-20-2023 15:05:00

PSF capacity, output both up on year in H1, 2023

Shandong (JLC), July 25, 2023--The capacity and output of polyester staple fiber (PSF) both grew on a year-on-year comparison in the first half of the year, largely because of operation of newly-adde

07-25-2023 17:22:01

Hengli tops the chart of global PTA capacity

Guangzhou (JLC), July 20, 2023 – Hengli Petrochemical (Huizhou) has achieved full operation at its PTA project located in the Huizhou Industrial Park, which houses two PTA production units.

07-20-2023 18:50:34

China PSF market sees growth in output and capacity in 1H 2023

Shandong (JLC), July 20, 2023--Domestic polyester staple fiber (PSF) market saw growths in both capacity and output in the first half of 2023, but it was worth mentioning that the rise in output was l

07-20-2023 16:40:00

China adds 2.86 mln PFY capacity in Jan-May 2023

Shandong (JLC), June 13, 2023--China has brought 2.86 million mt/yr of newly-added polyester filament yarn (PFY) units online from January to May 2023, rising by 128.8% year on year, JLC data shows.

06-13-2023 13:53:36

China slashes PX imports in Q1 on rising capacity

Shandong (JLC), May 11, 2023--China PX imports moved downward in the first quarter this year, largely due to growing capacity.

05-11-2023 15:20:04

E.China propylene capacity to keep uptrend in May

Shandong (JLC), April 27, 2023--Propylene capacity is expected to keep rising in May when Jiangsu Yanchang Zhongran Chemical will bring online its PDH unit.

04-27-2023 15:38:05

China acetone supply rises on capacity expansion, despite low imports

Shandong (JLC), April 26, 2023—China’s acetone supply increased from January to March amid higher capacity, though acetone imports fell month on month.

04-26-2023 15:12:46

Propylene capacity keeps uptrend in Q1

Shandong (JLC), April 19, 2023--China propylene capacity continued to rise in the first quarter this year, as producers including Guangdong Petrochemical and Hainan Refining and Chemical put their uni

04-19-2023 14:10:46

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