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Slow de-stocking progress in first quarters of 2017 & 2018

In the first quarters of 2017 and 2018, the major restricting factor on China PE market was the slow de-stocking progress.

03-22-2018 13:32:33

China PP consumption volume increases in 2017

China PP apparent consumption kept rising in 2014-2017, and the annual growth rates were as follows.

03-21-2018 16:49:16

PVC paste resin imports & exports in Dec 2017

China imported PVC paste resin of 9,500 mt in December 2017, unchanged from the previous month but declined by 34.03% year on year. Custom data showed that imports in December 2017 slid from December 2016. Paste resin market remained stable in December 2017.

02-26-2018 14:37:13

China PDH firms produce over 1.4 mln mt PP in 2017

Their combined PP output reached 1.4568 million mt in 2017, of which Zhongjiang Petrochemical and Sanyuan Petrochemical accounting for 25% and 20% respectively.

01-17-2018 16:37:51

China PE consumption increases greatly in 2017

China’s PE capacity totaled 17.29 million mt/yr in 2017 after the newly-added units at Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry, Zhongtian Hechuang Energy and Jiangsu Sailboat being put into operation.

01-16-2018 17:40:33

China 2017 PVC paste resin price trend analysis

China PVC paste resin capacity totaled 1.4 million mt/yr in 2017. The highest price of PVC paste resin was recorded in early 2017. The spread between the highest and the lowest pegged at CNY2,500/mt.

01-12-2018 17:20:13

Shenhua Baotou L5E89 auction in Dec, 2017

1. Shenhua Baotou’s L5E89 biding amounts by major areas in December, 2017 In December 2017, the proportion of L5E89 biding amounts in South China declined; that in Shandong decreased by 6 percentage points MoM;

01-11-2018 17:51:05

China PVC paste resin market analysis in Q4, 2017

The PVC paste resin (hereinafter referred to as paste resin) price see-sawed in 2017 and the high level emerged in early this year.

12-22-2017 11:50:44

2017 China ABS profit analysis

The theoretical profits of ABS products stayed high for a long time and increased in 2017 affected by the stronger demand from household appliance and electric vehicles market.

12-14-2017 17:54:38

Prices of HDPE products hit new highs in Q4,2017

Entering the fourth quarter of 2017, HDPE prices surged amid tight supply. Thereinto, prices of HDPE Blmg. and HDPE film material increased the most amid limited imports and low domestic output. By contrast, the growth of HDPE Inj. price was slow.

12-14-2017 10:35:09

Estimation of ABS output and operating rate in Dec 2017

In November 2017, China ABS output was 0.294 million mt, up 3,400mt OR 1.17% YoY. From January to November, the output totaled 3.08 million mt, up 0.1872 million mt or 6.47% YoY.

12-13-2017 17:26:11

China EVA import recorded a new low in October 2017

China imported 72,400 mt EVA in October 2017, up 7.06% MoM and down 3.78% YoY. From January to October, 2017, China EVA import totaled 0.8626 million mt.

12-13-2017 17:19:03

Market trend comparison between PP powder and propylene in 2017

In 2017, the correlation between PP powder and propynene was high. As the feedstock, the propylene price influenced the cost of PP powder directly.

12-01-2017 18:15:16

Shenhua Baotou L5E89 auction status in November, 2017

1. Shenhua Baotou’s L5E89 biding amount by major areas in November, 2017 In November, 2017, the proportions of biding volumes in Baotou and Shandong areas both declined greatly, and those in South China and Tianjin areas both increased.

11-30-2017 18:01:21

2017 China PVC producers’ profit analysis

China PVC market price declined after rose in 2017. Up to November, 2017, the lowest price of PVC recorded in April, and the highest was in September. PVC plants gained better profits in 2017. In particular, the integrated enterprises that own power plants have been making profits.

11-30-2017 11:06:29

2017 China PP output and operating rate analysis

According to JLC’s data, China YTD PP output averaged 1.5092 million mt/mon, up 5.01% YoY. Thereinto, the output was relatively low in February, April and June.

11-28-2017 16:54:12

China PE supply may be tight in Q4, 2017

Along with the capacity increase of China PE industry, the domestic petrochemical companies change their products frequently and raise the output of special products, in order to decrease the output of ordinary products for reducing the competition among ordinary PE products.

11-27-2017 18:01:47

China PE supply may be tight in Q4, 2017

Along with the capacity increase of China PE industry, the domestic petrochemical companies change their products frequently and raise the output of special products, in order to decrease the output of ordinary products for reducing the competition among ordinary PE products.

11-27-2017 18:01:47

Review on YTD PP market in 2017

Reviewing on the past 11 months of 2017, China PP price vibrated at highs after a down-to-up trend, showing a wide “V”-shape trend largely. Taking the PP Raf.

11-23-2017 18:14:45

PE profits of PetroChina and Sinopec were high in 2017

In 2017, Brent price vibrated in the price range of $44.82-64.27/bbl, showing an uptrend as a whole. In the North, the LLDPE price was in the range of CNY8,600-10,330/mt and prices of LDPE and HDPE products were much higher.

11-15-2017 17:16:17

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