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China DOP industry profits narrow

Shandong (JLC), May 22, 2024—Since May, the profit in the domestic DOP industry has significantly narrowed, leading to occasional losses.

05-22-2024 16:56:11

China DBP industry profits abundant

Shandong (JLC), May 21, 2024—China’s dibutyl phthalate (DBP) industry has maintained a relatively robust and stable profitability situation. Using the Shandong and Hebei markets as examples, since Apr

05-21-2024 00:00:00

China styrene downstream profits show signs of upturn

Shandong (JLC), April 24, 2024—Downstream producers of styrene industry suffered from narrowing losses recently.

04-24-2024 15:03:00

China Q1 DOP industry profits analysis

Shandong (JLC), April 17, 2024—In the first quarter this year, China’s DOP industry survived on meager profits amid the competition between cost and demand, while the severe losses of naphthalene-base

04-17-2024 14:44:56

Surging benzene prices threaten downstream profits

Shandong (JLC), January 23, 2024-China benzene prices witnessed an upsurge amid tailwinds from expanding demand and low inventory, posing a threat to downstream profits.

01-23-2024 15:03:00

DOTP industry profits analysis

Shandong (JLC), January 11, 2024—China’s dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) industry profits were suffering pressure from high cost and dim demand, struggling with a gloomy outlook.

01-11-2024 17:39:18

China DBP industry profits analysis

Shandong (JLC), December 21, 2023—China’s dibutyl phthalate (DBP) industry saw a profit contraction since December, owing to ascending cost and shrinking demand. In light of the above, the short-term

12-21-2023 15:40:32

DOP industry’s profits on upturn, backed by falling feedstock prices

Shandong (JLC), November 8, 2023—DOP industry saw bumper profits and remained on the upturn track, backed by the falling prices of feedstock octanol and o-xylene-based phthalic anhydride (OX-based PA)

11-08-2023 08:22:38

China DOP profits turn green on falling feedstock prices

Shandong (JLC), April 24, 2023--Domestic DOP industry profits improved, broadly owing to declines in feedstock octanol prices. DOP production profit turned green and stood at CNY100-200/mt in mid-Apri

04-24-2023 16:49:10

N-butanol and 2-EH profits analysis in Jan-Mar, 2023

Compared with the upstream and downstream products, n-butanol and 2-EH products were quite profitable, with the average profits of n-butanol enterprises being CNY728/mt in March.

03-23-2023 14:05:57

China styrene industrial chain profits poor overall

Shandong (JLC), February 15, 2023--Domestic styrene producers have suffered from losses in February, attributed to slow downstream recovery after the Chinese New Year holiday (January 21-27, 2023) whi

02-15-2023 09:19:05

PET bottle chip profits double in 2022 on high costs and tight supply

Shandong (JLC), December 30, 2022--In 2022, the overall profits of PET bottle chip producers doubled in China, driven up by high costs and tight spot supply.

12-30-2022 11:02:00

PTA industry chain profits lower except PET bottle chip

Shandong (JLC), November 30, 2022—China’s PTA industry chain profits fell for all products except for PET bottle chip, which remained profitable.

11-30-2022 17:06:57

The operating rate of PDH units rises on higher profits

Shandong (JLC), October 21, 2022—China’s PDH industry’s run rate increased due to higher profits and low costs.

10-21-2022 16:46:11

China styrene profits negative on high cost

Shandong (JLC), May 17, 2022--Domestic styrene enterprises have suffered losses for a long time as benzene market prices were seen firming on the back of high crude oil prices and surging USD benzene

05-17-2022 14:00:00

Analysis of butadiene and downstream synthetic rubber profits

Shandong (JLC), May 6, 2022--Domestic butadiene producers enjoyed profits in April even though the butadiene price continued to fall in the month, while downstream synthetic rubber producers saw diffe

05-06-2022 11:04:00

N-butanol industry turns to profits driven by demand recovery

Shandong (JLC), September 29, 2020--In 2020, n-butanol industry suffered a long-term loss. In September, driven by the recovery of major downstream demand, the industry loss situation was reversed.

09-29-2020 09:46:50

Styrene output stays high despite poor profits

Shandong (JLC), August 26, 2020--In spite of the poor production margin, styrene producers in China were unwilling to shut down their units for a long term, considering the risk of customer losses.

08-26-2020 09:47:15

Benzene industry chain profits weaken

In the short-term, the recovery of styrene profits will take some time. The trend of other downstream products is gradually similar to that of pure benzene, and the overall industrial chain profit is expected to stabilize.

06-05-2020 17:27:42

DBP prices keep rising in May with healthy profits

Shandong (JLC), May 28, 2020--China’s DBP consecutively climbed in May amid rising feedstock prices and tight supply, while that may change to move sideways , possibly falling in end-May.

05-28-2020 10:52:47

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