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East China caustic soda price in downward fluctuation

Shandong (JLC), April 16, 2026—Entering April, the uptrend in East China caustic soda prices has come to an end, amid weakness in supply-demand fundamentals.

04-16-2026 15:44:10

China’s EVA market sees supply constraints in Apr-May

Shandong (JLC), April 14, 2026—China’s EVA market has been experiencing periodic supply constraints amid concentrated unit maintenance domestically and falling imports in April-May.

04-14-2026 17:34:30

China’s EVA price fluctuates at elevated levels amid ongoing tense situation

Shandong (JLC), March 19, 2026—Entering March, China’s EVA market has been in high fluctuations in response to its huge volatile feedstock market, amid ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. Meanwhile,

03-19-2026 16:45:35

China’s caustic soda prices pick up amid firm fundamentals and geopolitical conflicts

Shandong (JLC), March 18, 2026—China’s caustic soda market picked up, amid geopolitical conflicts and comparatively firm fundamentals. But high caustic soda inventory, along with downstream enterprise

03-18-2026 10:09:28

China’s EVA market moves sideways after bottoming out

Shandong (JLC), February 5, 2026—In January 2026, China’s EVA market bottomed out firstly, bolstered by rebounded downstream demand, amid the announcement of VAT export rebate for photovoltaic product

02-05-2026 17:28:04

Newly-added units push up domestic EVA capacity to 3.80 mln mt/yr

Shandong (JLC), December 10, 2025—On December 5, a capacity of 300,000 mt/yr EVA unit at Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical and a capacity of 200,000 mt/yr EVA unit at Levima Green (Shandong) New Materials

12-10-2025 17:39:29

Capacity expansion encounters weakening demand in EVA industry

Shandong (JLC), November 19, 2025—Against the backdrop of the continuous expansion of EVA capacity, demand for EVA, however, is falling, especially in the shoe industry both at home and abroad.

11-19-2025 15:59:18

China’s CPE prices move sideways at low positions in Oct

Shandong (JLC), October 29, 2025—Entering October, China’s chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) market prices moved sideways at a relatively low position. Notwithstanding during the traditional peak-demand

10-29-2025 16:44:21

China’s Aug BOPP imports up but exports down on month

Shandong (JLC), September 24, 2025--In August 2025, China’s BOPP imports totaled 5,200 mt, up 8.33% month on month and China’s exports of BOPP reached 76,300 mt, a drop of 4.74% month on month, accord

09-24-2025 15:36:36

BOPP tape jumbo roll price on the downtrend

Shandong (JLC), June 17, 2025—China’s BOPP tape jumbo roll market price was on the downtrend since early April, amid limited cost support and lukewarm transaction atmosphere. As of June 16, the mainst

06-17-2025 15:13:48

CPE market goes range-bound on sluggish demand

Shandong (JLC), May 20, 2025—In May, China’s chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) market moved relatively stable on the whole. But the transaction atmosphere remained bleak, weighed by lackluster downstream

05-20-2025 16:40:47

U.S. tariffs cast a shadow on the already dim BOPP tape jumbo roll market

Shandong (JLC), April 24, 2025—China’s BOPP tape jumbo roll market has fluctuated at a relatively low level since early March. The additional tariffs imposed by the U.S. in early April weighed on the

04-24-2025 15:46:59

Despite firm demand, the capacity expansion of PC weighs on its market

Shandong (JLC), April 22, 2025—Downstream demand remains firm, but PC supply is growing rapidly, which results in a glut of PC in China’s market.

04-22-2025 16:42:33

China’s PP market to go range-bound at low positions on multiple factors

Shandong (JLC), March 20, 2025—Recently, China’s PP market had refreshed its record lows amid the sluggish resumption of downstream demand. As of March 19, the offers of mainstream PP raffia were pegg

03-20-2025 17:23:21

High operating rate of PC weighs on the market

Shandong (JLC), March 18, 2025—The operating rate of China’s PC units remains steadily recently. Besides, PC unit at Zhangzhou CHIMEI Chemical is scheduled to come online in March, further boosting do

03-18-2025 16:54:46

China’s PC market falls on weak fundamentals and tepid feedstock support

Shandong (JLC), March 12, 2025—China’s PC market fluctuated downward on the whole since July 2024, despite pickups at times, amid the tepid feedstock BPA support, along with PC’s weakening supply-dema

03-12-2025 14:16:52

China’s PC market moves sideways and then goes range-bound in Q1

Shandong (JLC), February 13, 2025—From 2022 to 2024, China’s PC market indicated limited changes in the first quarter. It moved sideways from January to mid-February and went range-bound from late Feb

02-13-2025 16:41:35

Correlation btw PC and BPA weakens

Shandong (JLC), January 22, 2025—The feedstock BPA prices fluctuated downward in 2024, lending less support to the PC market. And the correlation between the two weakens gradually.

01-22-2025 15:03:35

Analysis on Jan-Sep PC imports and exports

Shandong (JLC), October 30, 2024—China’s cumulative import volume of PC totaled 660.8kt from January-September 2024, down by 136.8kt or 17.15% year on year. The glut of PC in China, lowering domestic

10-30-2024 16:44:53

Analysis on BOPP imports and exports in Sep

Shandong (JLC), October 24, 2024--In September 2024, the import volume of BOPP totaled 5.5kt, down by 1.79% month on month and the export volume totaled 57.4kt, a drop of 4.97% month on month, accordi

10-24-2024 10:50:58

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