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China’s caprolactam prices rally in Q1 on cost pressures, supply cuts

Shandong (JLC), April 16, 2026--China’s caprolactam market exhibited a volatile upward trend in Q1 2026 driven by cost pressures and supply tightening .

04-16-2026 15:50:18

Butadiene rally unsustainable, synthetic rubber cuts losses via output reduction

Shandong (JLC), March 19, 2026--The sharp contradiction between surging butadiene prices and weak downstream demand intensified synthetic rubber losses, forcing production cuts.

03-19-2026 13:41:46

China's styrene operating rates plummets on intensive production cuts

Shandong (JLC), May 20, 2025--China’s styrene monomer industry saw a significant decline in operating rates in April 2025, with output also shrinking accordingly.

05-20-2025 10:52:00

China cuts butyl acrylate exports but raises imports in Oct

Shandong (JLC), December 8, 2023--In October 2023, the imports of butyl acrylate increased by 20144% compared to the previous month, but the exports decreased by 7% compared to the previous month.

12-08-2023 00:00:00

China cuts DOP imports and exports in Jul

Shandong (JLC), September 19, 2023--In July 2023, China's DOP import volume was 69.112 mt, with an import amount of 143,900 US dollars and an average price of $2,082.648/mt.

09-19-2023 15:41:00

China cuts liquid alkali imports, while lifts exports

Shandong (JLC), September 14, 2023--The imports of liquid alkali in China in July 2023 was 33.122 mt, a decrease of 99.01% month on month and 77.85% year on year.

09-14-2023 16:35:00

China cuts butyl acrylate imports & exports in Jun

Shandong (JLC), August 22, 2023--In June 2023, the imports of butyl acrylate decreased by 86% compared to the previous month, and the exports decreased by 65% compared to the previous month. The net e

08-22-2023 16:58:00

China cuts bottle grade PET exports MoM on slowing purchase

Shandong (JLC), August 17, 2023--According to customs statistics, the exports of bottle grade PET in June 2023 was 309,200 mt, with an average price of $969/mt. The exports decreased by 29,700 mt comp

08-17-2023 17:03:00

China DOP prices hit year-to-date high, while operating rate cuts

Shandong (JLC), August 17, 2023--Recently, the domestic DOP market prices have been operating at a high level. As the prices of feedstocks such as octanol continued to rise, DOP prices hit the high po

08-17-2023 16:23:00

China lifts acrylonitrile imports, but cuts exports in Jan-Jun

Shandong (JLC), August 8, 2023--Acrylonitrile imports increased in the first six months, largely because of tightened supply together with rising stock-up, while the product exports dropped due to fal

08-08-2023 17:27:42

China cuts butanone exports in Jan-Jun

Shandong (JLC), August 8, 2023--China butanone exports dropped in the first six months this year, arising from falling domestic output together with sufficient foreign supply.

08-08-2023 17:24:59

Acrylonitrile production cut fails to boost market

Shandong (JLC), March 9, 2023--Several acrylonitrile producers slashed operating rate lately, but this failed to drive up the product market dragging by slack demand.

03-09-2023 17:18:03

China makes efforts to cut carbon emission

Shandong (JLC), February 15, 2023--China, as the largest developing country in the world, will complete the global maximum carbon emission reduction with the slogan "strive to achieve the peak of carb

02-15-2023 08:57:00

China urea operating rate down on power cut

Shandong (JLC), August 15, 2022--The operating rate of urea plans fell to 61.7%, down 5.5 percentage points from last Friday and down 17.4% year-on-year.

08-15-2022 11:00:00

Central bank's RRR cut to slightly boost MEG market

Shandong (JLC), December 8, 2021--The central bank announced on December 6 that it will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for financial institutions by 0.5 percentage points on December 15, in an effort to support the real economy and promote a steady decline in comprehensive financing costs.

12-08-2021 14:17:44

China TDI prices descent on profit-takers’ price cuts

China’s TDI prices saw a decline from early March mainly because of profit-takers’ price cuts.

03-12-2021 17:28:30

China melamine prices rebound on operating rates cut

Shandong (JLC), December 24, 2020--Domestic melamine market prices rebounded in the week starting from December 21, as a result of melamine operating rate cut caused by unit turnarounds or shutdowns.

12-24-2020 17:03:47

Acrylonitrile producers further cut production on oversupply

As of August 19, the operating rate of acrylonitrile enterprises read around 80.90% at amid unit maintenance and production cut, and the total output in August is expected to be 166,900 mt, a decrease of 2,500 mt month on month.

08-19-2020 16:12:50

Petrochemical producers cut operating rate on high stocks

Shandong (JLC), February 18, 2020--Operating rates of China’s petrochemical producers extended a downtrend after the Lunar New Year amid high inventory, as the virus resulted in traffic restriction and slack demand.

02-18-2020 14:45:54

VAC plant operating rates drop on production cut

Shandong (JLC), September 26, 2019--The average operating rate of China’s vinyl acetate (VAC) plants slipped significantly in late September as transportation limitation on hazardous chemicals led to drops in production.

09-26-2019 16:41:18

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