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Aug propylene imports slip while exports soar

Shandong (JLC), September 25, 2024—In August, China’s propylene imports fell while exports surged month on month.

09-25-2024 17:32:42

China MEG prices slip in Oct on muted demand

Shandong (JLC), November 7, 2023--China’s MEG prices move down in October as downstream polyester market entered the off-peak season.

11-07-2023 17:05:00

China benzene imports slip over Jan-May

Shandong (JLC), July 13, 2023--The domestic import volume of benzene in China from January to May 2023 was 1.3453 million mt, a year-on-year decrease of 3.41% or 47,500 mt.

07-13-2023 11:08:00

China UPR price slips on weak cost

Shandong (JLC), May 17, 2022--Domestic unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) market prices slipped in the week over May 9-12 due to weakness in main feedstock prices.

05-17-2022 11:00:00

China butadiene price slips after surging

Shandong (JLC), February 18, 2022--Domestic butadiene market prices slipped after surging this week over February 11-17.

02-18-2022 16:04:00

Urea operating rates slip on natural gas limitation

Shandong (JLC), October 25, 2021--The overall operating rate in China urea industry slipped in the week over October 16-22, broadly due to natural gas limitation and because the urea units in Henan and Xinjiang provinces saw concentrated maintenance.

10-25-2021 15:58:40

PG value to slip mainly on supply growth

Shandong (JLC), July 27, 2021--China’s propylene glycol (PG) market prices are expected to slip in the near term amid increasing supply, the expectation of downward feedstock prices and tepid end demand.

07-27-2021 15:46:06

Synthetic ammonia prices slip on oversupply

Shandong (JLC), July 14, 2021--Domestic synthetic ammonia market prices slipped as ammonia enterprises lowered their EXW offers in rationality to promote sales due to supply glut.

07-14-2021 17:14:47

Urea supply inches down on slipping operating rates

Shandong (JLC), May 18, 2021--In the week over May 8-14, the overall operating rate in China urea industry inched down.

05-18-2021 16:14:58

China styrene prices rally after slipping in April

Shandong (JLC), May 8, 2021--East China’s styrene market prices slipped in the first-half April, but rallied remarkably in the second half, broadly along with downstream buying.

05-08-2021 17:16:17

Urea prices slip on weak demand

Shandong (JLC), August 25, 2020--China’s urea market prices slipped as a whole amid both thin agricultural and industrial demand, despite the fourth consecutive Indian tender invitation on August 26.

08-25-2020 09:17:12

Melamine market prices slip in some areas on bearish factors

Shandong (JLC), August 24, 2020--China’s melamine market prices were basically stable but those in some regions slipped.

08-24-2020 10:21:45

China’s PX imports expected to slip in Aug-Oct

China’s paraxylene (PX) imports are expected to slip in August-October, with start-up at newly-built PX plants and unlikely rebound in demand.

08-18-2020 15:41:57

Styrene prices may slip on limited demand

Shandong (JLC), June 11, 2020--The current styrene price mainly changed along with the cost and inventory, and it should witness the downtrend in the near future amid the limited downstream demand.

06-11-2020 17:37:45

Melamine prices extend slip on weak fundamentals

Shandong (JLC), March 30, 2020--The melamine market price in China extended a slip this week amid the weak fundamentals. As of March 27, the average price of atmosphere-distillation urea in China (except Xinjiang) read CNY4,979/mt, relatively stable from the previous week.

03-30-2020 17:07:10

N China methanol plant operating rate slips on production cut

Shandong (JLC), September 26, 2019--The operating rates of North China-based methanol producers dropped in September due to tougher requirement on constraining production to combat air pollution.

09-26-2019 14:09:18

Asian OX market slips after rising in H1, 2019

Shandong (JLC), June 24, 2019--Asian OX prices moved upwards in the first four months boosted by tight supply and rising PX prices, but dropped from May amid weakened demand.

06-24-2019 13:39:25

Acrylonitrile market slip after rising in H1, 2019

Shandong (JLC), June 20, 2019--Acrylonitrile prices increased before mid-May amid tight supply caused by foreign unit maintenance, but moved downwards after May 17 as downstream plants cut run rates greatly.

06-20-2019 10:56:11

China methanol unit utilization rate slips in April on turnarounds

Shandong (JLC), May 8, 2019--The utilization rates in China methanol industry averaged 64.76% in April 2019, down by 6.02 percentage points month on month, as more methanol producers started maintenance, JLC research showed.

05-08-2019 14:26:46

MX utilization rate slips amid turnarounds

Shandong (JLC), April 18, 2019--The utilization rate in China’s mixed xylene (MX) industry slipped to 76% in the week ending April 18 versus 77% in last week affected by unit overturns.

04-19-2019 09:25:32

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