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Analysis of China PP imports in 2016-2017

China PP import by month in 2016-2017 As to the chart above, China monthly imports held an upward trend in 2016. But in 2017, the monthly import volume showed a sign of declining.

06-07-2017 11:36:36

Contrast of China ABS market trends after the Spring Festival in 2016 & 2017

The market trend in February-March 2017 is totally different from that in Feb-March 2016, and the price gap once reached CNY8,500/mt. ABS market in Feb-Mar 2016 rebounded from the bottom while that in 2017 decreased after reaching a high level.

03-13-2017 17:23:44

JLC analysis on PE import Date in 2016

From January to December 2016, China PE imports totaled 9.9457 million mt, of which 2.0531 million was LDPE, 5.2786 million was HDPE and 2.614 million mt was LLDPE.

03-07-2017 18:10:37

Chronicle of events in benzene industry in 2016

Benzene price in East China market reached CNY8,200/mt in middle December, a new high in recent two years.

02-09-2017 16:46:01

EVE import volume declined slightly in December 2016

1.Analysis on EVA imports China imported 88,600mt EVA in December, 2016, down by 8.04% YoY and 3.09% MoM. In January-December 2016, the total volume of EVA imports stood at 940,000mt, up by 50,000mt YoY.

02-08-2017 17:57:12

PP powder units' status in the end of 2016

Supply: the run rate of China PP powder units was around 80% as a whole. Some unit kept shutdown after it stopped operation. The units of Tianmao Group and Zhuhai Baota restarted in December, 2016, raising the supply of PP powder in Central China.

12-29-2016 17:37:00

PP Inj. supply and price in 2012-2016

According to JLC, PP Inj. supply continued increasing in 2012-2016 with an average growth rate of 13.81%. The growth rate in 2015 reached 22% as the domestic PP Inj. output increased obviously in the year. And that in 2016 was 6.22% as the growth rate of PP Inj. import became negative.

12-29-2016 11:20:16

PP powder price vibrated at the end of 2016

Entering December, PP powder price increased robustly. Later, the price was stressed to decline from mid-December. But it didn’t hit the bottom for the moment.

12-29-2016 10:01:33

New PP capacity additions in 2016

China PP capacity increased fast in recent years and CTO and PDH developed fast particularly. As to CTO, Datang Duolun and Ningbo Funda put their units into production in 2013.

12-28-2016 14:43:25

China BR unit production situation in H2, 2016

In the second half of 2016(H2), the production in China BR companies did not change too much comparing with that in H1.

12-28-2016 13:59:05

Policies which affected PP market in 2016

1. Strict transport policy After the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Ministry of Public Security jointly published the Overloading Vehicle Highway Management Regulation (Regulation),

12-27-2016 17:20:32

Reasons for why China toluene market can reach the record high price in 2016

Recently, more bullish factors appeared in the toluene market and the price began to move up very quickly, reaching the new high at CNY6,250/mt in the main market in East China on December 12th. Here are the major reasons:

12-22-2016 15:21:53

China butanone market increased with fluctuations in 2016

In 2016, butanone price increased with fluctuations. The price declined in January-February, adjusted at a low level in March-June and continued increasing from July until the end of the year.

12-08-2016 15:21:46

Special rubber may be bullish by the end of 2016

NBR: The market had a fall in the whole and the quotation of some scarce resource was still high, but most of the resource had returned to the rational level.

12-07-2016 18:01:17

Shenhua L5E89 auction in November, 2016

1. Shenhua (Baotou) L5E89 biding amount by major area In November, the total biding amount of Shenhua (Baotou) L5E89 changed little. The restriction on motor vehicle transport made traders prefer railway to deliver the goods.

12-07-2016 09:42:06

EVA import declined in October, 2016

As to the chart, EVA import has same trend in 2015 and 2016 before August. And the trend became different after August. The trend in 2015 was normal as EVA always has busy season in September-November.

12-06-2016 15:03:43

Analysis on the import volumes of primary PP in 2016

According to the data of primary PP (39021000) import by origin in January-September, 2016, the top three of primary PP suppliers were South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

12-06-2016 10:33:42

Hot issues in PE market in 2016

In recent years, China PE capacity kept sustainable growth and the capacity will still in the cycle of growth in the future.

11-28-2016 13:50:03

Review on PP market trend in 2016

In 2016, China had an upward market trend with fluctuations, for example, PP Raf. price increased by 36.22% in North China, 35.66% in East China and 30.19% in South China.

11-25-2016 17:08:35

Estimation of PP output in November, 2016

1. Eatimation of PetroChina PP allocation pattern by area in November In November, Guangxi Qinzhou Petrochemical shut down for maintenance. As to PetroChina, the percentage of PP supply in South China decreased by 5%.

11-08-2016 10:46:53

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