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BCS/DB imports increase 17% YoY in 2018

The BCS (butyl cellosolve) supply was continuously ample in 2018. China’s BCS was suppressed amid a large number of imported BCS, leading to low BCS prices all year round.

01-31-2019 16:27:09

China OX imports plunge to 262,000 mt in 2018

Shandong (JLC), January 30, 2019--China OX imports tumbled in 2018 amid tight supply in Asia, RMB depreciation and weak demand for OX.

01-30-2019 11:04:48

China MX imports, import prices diverge in 2018

Shandong (JLC), January 29, 2019--The average import price of China MX increased in January-March and in August-October, while MX imports declined at the same time.

01-29-2019 17:06:46

China toluene imports drop in 2018

Shandong (JLC), January 29, 2019--China toluene imports have been in falling amid rising supply and will keep falling as the demand for toluene will shrink with refining-chemical projects coming onstream.

01-29-2019 16:50:05

China DOP imports plunged in 2018

Shandong (JLC), January 29, 2019--China DOP imports tumbled in 2018, largely because of sufficient supply in China and narrowed arbitrage window for imported resources.

01-29-2019 16:42:33

Asian phenol market review in 2018

Shandong (JLC), December 29, 2018--Asian phenol prices saw a wide volatile as a whole in 2018, while in the fourth quarter, phenol prices slipped greatly affected by slumped phenol prices in China and weak demand.

12-29-2018 10:25:51

China OX profit analysis in 2018

Shandong (JLC), December 29, 2018--China OX producers suffered bad profits in the first three quarters of this year, but in the fourth quarter, OX profits surged amid dived crude prices and falling prices of aromatics products.

12-29-2018 10:15:19

China MX supply analysis in 2018

Shandong (JLC), December 21, 2018--China MX capacity has been in rising in 2018. China total MX capacity is expected to reach 20.9 million mt/yr by the year-end, while the oversupply pressure dragged down growth of newly-added capacity by 6.5% year-on-year, data from JLC.

12-21-2018 11:44:31

China total benzene supply to reach 11 mln mt in 2018

China total benzene supply is expected to hit a high level of 11 million mt in 2018 affected by high imports and output.

12-12-2018 14:02:43

China benzene imports total 2.3 mln mt in 2018

Shandong (JLC), December 12, 2018--China benzene imports in 2018 were predicted to be 2.3 million mt in total, down 8% year on year, largely because of one-month decline in benzene imports in the second half of 2018, data from the General Administration of Customs.

12-12-2018 11:52:42

PA November prices diverge in 2017, 2018

Shandong (JLC), November 29--China phthalic anhydride (PA) prices saw the largest gains in November 2017, largely affected by rising prices of OX and crude naphthalene, while those in November 2018 kept falling, mainly because of subdued demand.

11-29-2018 15:25:03

China MX market demand pattern analysis in 2018

Shandong (JLC), November 28--China MX market demand changed in 2018. Thereinto, the demand from solvent plants and gasoline blending market declined to various degree, while that from fine chemical industry increased significantly.

11-28-2018 17:43:20

China toluene market demand pattern changes in 2018

Shandong (JLC), November 28, 2018--Toluene downstream demand pattern changed in 2018 affected by policy and profits. Thereinto, toluene demand in TDI industry saw faster growth while that from gasoline blending market shrank.

11-28-2018 11:07:00

Utilization rate analysis for epoxy resin industrial chain for 2018

The utilization rate of China epoxy resin industry sustained low around 45%-50% in 2018, under the restriction of the pro-environment inspections. Most plants directly sold products to contract customers, thus tradable goods were limited in the market.

11-26-2018 16:46:28

Phenol producers eye fat profits in 2018

Shandong (JLC), November 20, 2018--Profits in phenol plants slipped to CNY4,500/mt ($648.25/mt) due to sluggish trading atmosphere but still remained high.

11-20-2018 16:51:22

New PX supply pattern surfaces in Asia in 2018

Asian PX supply saw a new pattern after Reliance Industries’ newly-added PX unit came onstream in 2016, when India’s PX capacity had surpassed that in Japan and ranked third.

10-31-2018 16:37:59

China 2018 toluene imports dip to 222,500 mt

Shandong (JLC), October 24, 2018--China toluene imports totaled 222,500 mt over January-August, 2018, down 158,900 mt or 41.67% YoY.

10-24-2018 17:28:11

2018 semi-annual methanol data report

Port inventories were stable at low levels in 2018 and many international newly-added projects were put off from starting up. Units in Iran, New Zealand and other international units took maintenance in March to May.

08-16-2018 09:56:38

China MX imports climb to 320,800 mt in H1, 2018

China imported 320,800 mt of MX over January-June, 2018, up 73,600 mt or 29.79% YoY, due to low port inventory, wide spread between international and domestic markets and expectations of improved domestic demand.

08-15-2018 16:27:05

China MX market review in H1, 2018

Shandong (JLC), July 17, 2018--In the first half of 2018, China MX price increased slowly then it declined after hitting highs affected by policy and supply-demand fundamentals.

07-17-2018 18:26:06

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