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PE sport market still under pressure amid unclear futures market

Introduction: Entering into 2016, futures market had much greater influence on spot market and even guided spot market trend.

08-12-2016 11:32:34

Estimate on ABS output in August

China will host G20 opening ceremony in Ningbo on August 26th, which has a great influence on ABS market.

08-11-2016 10:15:48

Will PE market usher in the “third peak”?

In 2016, domestic PE market trend was roughly consistent to what was predicted at the beginning of the year. Affected by two rounds of intensive maintenance, the price showed a bimodal trend.

08-09-2016 17:34:15

PP pipe material market remained sluggish with some grades declining

In July, with Yanshan Petrochem, Xuzhou Haitian Petrochem, Daqing Petrochem and other units entering into maintenance, petrochemical plants mainly underpinned the price in the first half of 2016.

08-09-2016 15:54:13

China’s injection machine exports to India declined by 37.7% in H1 2016

Recently, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry claimed that India’s plastics industry has been growing rapidly with a compounded annual rate of 20%.

08-08-2016 17:47:29

PE pipe material market looks bearish amid sluggish demand

At the beginning of August, petrochemical plants showed strong intention to support the price, but some of them still were pressured to down-adjust EXW prices by CNY50-100/mt amid sluggish demand from the terminal and unsmooth transactions.

08-08-2016 15:25:08

Analysis on current feedstock and finished product inventories of BOPP plants

It’s known to all that BOPP industry is running hard recently. With BOPP price growing continuously, film plants operating at loss becomes normal. What has contributed to the loss of film plants?

08-08-2016 11:32:02

China PE supply and demand grow steadily amid stable economy in H1 2016

Introduction: Global economic situation was featured with turbulences and certainties in the first half of 2016 and several world-largest economies were not optimistic.

08-04-2016 17:48:37

Sluggish demand restrained PP market growth despite increasing maintenances in August

In July, domestic PP market showed a “N”-shaped trend. Early the month, pushed by low inventories of Sinopec and PetroChina, crude price and futures market, market quotations surged rapidly.

08-04-2016 14:25:08

Scanning LLDPE price trend from inventory

With PE industry entering into adjustments after soaring high, social inventory can restrain market price in a more obvious way.

08-03-2016 14:50:46

A review of July BOPP market and forecast on the August

In July, BOPP price fell back slightly after soaring. In early July, low inventories of Sinopec and PetroChina underpinned feedstock price to increase by CNY950/mt amid heavy speculation sentiment and rising futures market, and BOPP price in East China reached the annual high of CNY9,900/mt.

08-03-2016 11:28:54

Maintenance in August might ease supply-demand imbalance

In July, the plastics inventories of Sinopec and PetroChina fell back after climbing high as a whole.

08-02-2016 17:41:01

Analysis on bullish and bearish factors of August PP market

Approaching to the end of July, petrochemical plants have not released any policy for up-adjusting price and terminal transaction volume was small with poor demand from the downstream.

07-28-2016 13:59:10

Growing PE pipe material output intensifies market downturn

In July, petrochemical plants maintained stable EXW prices as a whole except a down-adjustment of CNY100-150/mt.

07-28-2016 09:42:56

A new perspective of PP supply and demand in the future 5 years (Part II)

The “crazy” surges of PP market in March and July, 2016 have triggered market participants’ profound reflection. Which one has led the market trend, the fundamental of supply and demand or futures market dominated with capital side?

07-27-2016 14:21:17

A new perspective of PP supply and demand in the future 5 years (Part I)

The “crazy” surges of PP market in March and July, 2016 have triggered market participants’ profound reflection. Which one has led the market trend, the fundamental of supply and demand or futures market dominated with capital side?

07-26-2016 09:06:56

Rules of agricultural film feedstocks demands

The main feedstocks of agricultural film are LDPE and LLDPE, especially LLDPE accounting for over 70% of the output of agricultural film, and LDPE takes up over 20%. Besides these, MLLDPE and EVA are also feedstocks of agricultural film.

07-21-2016 10:27:54

PE market still likely to mount after moving down in the long run

Introduction: In the traditional slack season of plastics, the market moved up steadily pushed by strong futures market and continued an uptrend in the first half of July.

07-20-2016 10:58:36

Follow-up report of PP unit shutdown and maintenance schedules (Updated on July 18th)

Follow-up report of PP unit shutdown and maintenance schedules (Updating on July 18th)

07-19-2016 17:30:09

China H1 plastics exports reached CNY114.6 billion, up 4.5% YoY

In the first half of 2016, China exported 4.97 mlt mt plastics products, up 5.7% YoY; the export value was CNY114.63 billion, up 4.5% YoY. In June, the exports reached 900,000mt, up 5.9% YoY and the export value was CNY20.59 billion, up 3.1% YoY.

07-19-2016 15:21:29

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