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Narrowing spread btw PP powder and propylene weighs on margins

Shandong (JLC), October 23, 2024—China PP powder market remained weak against the firm feedstock propylene price. With the narrowing trading spread, PP powder producers were experiencing margin losses

10-23-2024 16:29:30

Analysis of price spread between EVA and feedstock

Shandong (JLC), Jun 20, 2024—In Q2 2024, the price spread between EVA and vinyl acetate (VAC) widened compared to the first quarter, while that between EVA and ethylene monomer narrowed year on year.

06-20-2024 16:52:30

Spread between dense and light soda ash prices narrows

04-18-2024 10:31:14

The price spread btw EVA and feedstock narrows

Shandong (JLC), October 18, 2023- The price spread between EVA and feedstock narrowed in the third quarter of 2023 amid weak cost support.

10-18-2023 16:59:12

China PVC market sees small spread between spot and futures prices

Shandong (JLC), November 17, 2022—China’s PVC futures and spot price trends were basically the same, seeing small price spreads.

11-17-2022 16:59:02

Spread between PP copolymer and raffia narrows, to widen in the future

JLC statistics showed the spread between prices of PP copolymer and raffia kept narrowing.

09-25-2020 14:50:41

Price spread btw butanol and octanol to further widen

It is expected that the price spread between n-butanol and octanol will futher widen following softened n-butanol market and strong octanol market.

06-11-2020 15:17:28

Price spread between ethylene-based and calcium carbide-based PVC narrows

The price spread between ethylene-based PVC and calcium carbide-based PVC reduced to CNY120-150/mt. The ethylene-based PVC was better by virtue of its cost, price, and quality advantages.

04-28-2020 17:12:21

Analysis of spread between PP market price and EXW offer

In 2019, the spread between PP market price and EXW offer was in the range of CNY20-900/mt for most of the time, despite some negative spreads.

11-28-2019 17:48:56

Analysis of 2019 PP powder-propylene spread

It is known that most Chinese PP powder companies are small-scale and purchase propylene as feedstock. The PP powder prices are directly influenced by the propylene market in China.

11-22-2019 16:57:34

Spread between domestic and imported PP narrows

The price of imported PP declined fast currently due to huge sales pressure, and the spread between domestic and imported PP narrowed.

06-14-2019 16:57:42

PP Raf.-copolymer spread narrows under supply-side pressure

After the ups and downs in PP prices in 2018, China PP prices stayed at low price entering 2019, as the high supply kept weighing on PP market.

05-16-2019 11:30:04

Spread between prices of PP grain and powder widens

The correlation between prices of PP grain and PP powder was positive, but the spread was widening. The normal spread should be around CNY400/mt, however, the present spread was in the range of CNY895-950/mt.

04-24-2019 17:12:38

Spread between prices of PP grain and powder widens

The spread between prices of PP grain and powder widened recently in light of influences from propylene and futures market, though prices of PP powder and grain both stayed in reasonable ranges in earlier stages.

03-21-2019 17:37:54

LDPE-LLDPE spread narrows further in 2018

The high import volume and weak domestic demand made China LDPE market weak, and the LDPE-LLDPE spread narrowed accordingly. The widest spread was only around CNY400/mt, and LDPE film once decreased to below LLDPE price.

12-20-2018 11:43:53

PP grain-PP powder spread widens amid bearish sentiments

The wider spread between PP grain and PP powder and plunges in PP prices both spurred the bearish sentiments. Affected by the price fall of domestic propylene, the PP powder price declined further and high-price PP grain transactions were hampered.

10-25-2018 18:02:48

Spread between LLDPE and PP Raf. narrows

The spread between futures prices of LLDPE and PP kept narrowing. The spread dropped to CNY462/mt at the beginning of 2018, and it once reached CNY2,238/mt at the beginning of 2016. Up to May 22nd, the spread further decreased to CNY32/mt.

05-25-2018 18:23:55

Spread between LDPE and LLDPE is narrower

Introduction: The LDPE price used to be the high-end price among PE products. However, China LDPE market price kept slipping in the second half of 2017, and the spread between LDPE and LLDPE became narrower continuously.

01-29-2018 09:17:47

Spread between PP spot and futures was wider

The connection between PP futures and spot became closer and closer. Affected by the funds in futures market and the supply & demand fundamentals of spot market, the spread between PP futures and spot continued rising.

09-12-2017 14:11:17

Spread between EVA and ethylene narrowed

1. Spread between EVA and LDPE The spread between EVA and LDPE was declining. In July-August, the market trends of EVA and LDPE were different from each other.

08-23-2017 17:53:33

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