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China PX prices to keep range-bound in H2, 2024

Shandong (JLC), July 23, 2024--PX prices are projected to keep range-bound in the second half of the year, due to supply-demand contradictions.

07-23-2024 15:17:15

Asian PX prices to fluctuate slightly in H2, 2024

Shandong (JLC), July 18, 2024--Asian PX market prices are anticipated to fluctuate slightly in the second half of the year amid rising supply but stable demand and available cost support.

07-18-2024 08:54:23

China MX prices may edge down in H2 2023

Shandong (JLC), July 13, 2023--China MX prices will possible eye a small downturn in the second half of the year due to the interaction of multiple factors.

07-13-2023 15:10:07

China toluene market expected to be slack in H2 2023

Shandong (JLC), July 5, 2023--China toluene market is expected to be slack in the second half of the year due to weak fundamentals, in spite of certain support from crude oil market.

07-05-2023 17:31:31

China phenol market event in H2 2022

In the second half of 2022 (H2 2022), there are several events that have exerted great influences on China phenol market.

11-17-2022 17:32:46

China's PA prices go up in H1 2022, but to fall in H2 2022

Shandong (JLC), July 26, 2022--China's phthalic anhydride (PA) prices go up in the first half of 2022 (H1 2022), but to fall in the second half of 2022 (H2 2022).

07-26-2022 09:15:18

China’s PX output to extend uptrend in H2 2021

Shandong (JLC), August 20, 2021--China’s PX output is anticipated to continue to rise in the second half of the year as the capacity growth of the product will outpace newly-added capacity of PTA, JLC research predicts.

08-20-2021 17:31:30

China’s phenol prices may hit record high in H2

Shandong (JLC), July 9, 2021--China’s phenol prices will possibly record a new high in the second half of the year on persistent cost support and expectations of possible supply shortage.

07-09-2021 17:15:28

China’s PX market to see newly-added units in H2

Shandong (JLC), April 23, 2021--Chinese paraxylene (PX) producers Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical (ZPC) and Jiangsu Shenghong Group are expected to bring their new PX units on line in the second half of the year, which will bridge the supply gap caused by newly-added PTA units, JLC’s research shows.

04-23-2021 16:56:02

China’s MX producers suffer from losses in H2, 2020

The production margins of MX producers have been in negative in the second half of this year pressured by high cost.

12-09-2020 11:05:36

China’s toluene inventory drops in H2, 2020

Toluene inventories at ports in east China and south China tracked a downtrend in the second half of this year when toluene imports declined, but downstream demand improved.

11-25-2020 11:01:53

Styrene imports expected to fall in H2, 2020

Shandong (JLC), July 22, 2020--During January-May 2020, China imported 1.2713 million mt of styrene, with an increase of 5.66% year on year, but it was expected to decline in the second quarter of 2020 amid the position-holding cost gain and the unit turnarounds at abroad.

07-23-2020 11:49:52

China PX imports may fall in H2

China PX imports are likely to drop in the second half of 2019 as more new PX units will come onstream, according to JLC’s research.

07-31-2019 11:15:33

Acetone market review & forecast in H2 2019 (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), June 27, 2019--The acetone market price in China kept dropping after going range-bound and then fluctuated at the low level in the first half of 2019 amid changes in supply and demand fundamentals.

06-27-2019 16:39:34

Acetone market review & forecast in H2 2019 (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), June 27, 2019--The acetone market price in China kept dropping after going range-bound and then fluctuated at the low level in the first half of 2019 amid changes in supply and demand fundamentals.

06-27-2019 16:29:56

China’s PX supply likely to extend growth in H2 2019

Shandong (JLC), May 15, 2019--The domestic paraxylene (PX) supply is expected to increase further in the second half of 2019, largely because more new PX units may come online.

05-15-2019 14:57:06

Toluene market review in H1, forecast in H2, 2018

Shandong (JLC), June 27, 2018--China toluene price slumped after vibrating upward in the first half of 2018 and would keep falling in the second half affected by crude market and supply-demand fundamentals.

06-27-2018 16:39:26

Brief interpretation on benzene supply and demand in H2 2016

As for supply and demand side in the second half of 2016, the benzene market should focus on the volumes and costs of imports and the influence of downstream profits on production demand.

07-21-2016 16:32:52

Review of H1 benzene market and forecast on H2

In the first half of 2016, China imported about 680,000mt benzene and exported about 127,000mt, and produced about 4,780,000mt, so the apparent consumption was around 5,330,000mt.

07-21-2016 11:27:14

Three difficulties for the toluene market in H2 of 2016

China domestic toluene market had a bottom bounce and then was under weak corrections in the first half year of 2016. At the beginning of the year, crude oil price slumped to $26.06/bbl, the lowest point in the past 12 years, owing to an oversupply and negative prediction.

07-14-2016 17:24:40

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