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China’s viscose staple fiber market rises steadily in Mar

Shandong (JLC), April 8, 2026--China’s viscose staple fiber (VSF) prices trended steadily higher in March, up around 3% from the previous month.

04-08-2026 16:54:43

Cost-driven MEG rally fades on lagging demand

Shandong (JLC), April 1, 2026—China’s monoethylene glycol (MEG) market strengthened then weakened, driven by geopolitical conflicts and cost fluctuations. Amid loose supply and soft demand, it will mo

04-02-2026 14:02:17

China polyester yarn steady as Mideast tensions lift costs, demand lags

Shandong (JLC), March 11, 2026—The Israel-Iran conflict has transmitted cost-push pressures to China's polyester yarn sector via rising crude oil prices, driving a stable yet strengthening market, tho

03-11-2026 14:07:17

China’s fiber-grade PET prices to edge up post-Spring Festival 2026

Shandong (JLC), February 26, 2026--China’s fiber-grade PET prices stayed in a stalemate during the Chinese Spring Festival holiday, with further modest gains expected in the short term.

02-26-2026 17:06:24

China’s Sep bottle-grade PET exports fall MoM, but rise YoY

Shandong (JLC), October 28, 2025--China exported 467,700 mt of bottle-grade PET in September 2025, a month-on-month decrease of 53,000 mt but a year-on-year increase of 7.44%.

10-28-2025 11:16:52

China’s Aug fiber-grade PET exports hit a yearly high

Shandong (JLC), September 25, 2025--China’s fiber-grade polyester (PET) exports hit 113,012 mt in August, up 6.25% from July and 4.86% from a year earlier.

09-25-2025 13:47:16

POY output to fall on supply-side structural adjustment

China Polyester Pre-Oriented Yarn (POY) output saw declines due to the supply-side structural reform.

09-17-2025 16:56:53

China’s Jul fiber-grade PET exports down MoM, up YoY

Shandong (JLC), August 29, 2025--China’s polyester fiber chip exports fell by 4.29% month on month to 106,365 mt in July, but rose by 23.95% year on year.

08-29-2025 17:17:31

China’s textile and apparel export growth slows in July amid trade disruptions

Shandong (JLC), Aug 13, 2025--From January to July, China’s textile and apparel exports remained positive, though July saw monthly declines due to front-loaded shipments and re-export restrictions.

08-13-2025 16:34:44

China’s PFY imports drop broadly in H1 2025

Shandong (JLC), August 12, 2025--China’s PFY imports in the first half (H1) of 2025 dropped by 32.69% year on year to 24,500 mt, with the average import price falling sharply.

08-12-2025 11:02:00

China’s Jun fiber-grade PET exports down MoM but up YoY

Shandong (JLC), July 23, 2025--China’s exports of fiber-grade PET totaled 111,000 mt in June 2025, up 31.35% year on year but down 9.86% month on month.

07-23-2025 16:42:19

China’s bottle-grade PET exports decline on month in Jan

Shandong (JLC), March 26, 2025--China’s bottle-grade PET exports totaled 421,626.4 mt in January 2025, a 31.86% decrease on month but a 7.94% increase compared to the same period last year.

03-26-2025 17:47:24

Fiber-grade PET capacity up on year

Shandong (JLC), October 29, 2024--The total capacity of fiber-grade PET increased as of September on a year-on-year comparison, on account of rising demand from film industry.

10-29-2024 14:04:59

China's ZCE launches bottle-grade PET futures contracts

Guangzhou (JLC), September 13, 2024 – China's Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) officially launched the trade of bottle-grade polyester (PET) resin futures contracts on August 30.

09-13-2024 18:14:13

Newly-added PFY capacity totals 4.12 mln mt in 2023

Shandong (JLC), October 25, 2023--Polyester filament yarn (PFY) industry witnessed a fast expansion in the year when producers including Jiangsu Hengyang Chemical and Fiber and Jiangsu Xintuo New Mate

10-25-2023 16:49:14

China adds 2.86 mln PFY capacity in Jan-May 2023

Shandong (JLC), June 13, 2023--China has brought 2.86 million mt/yr of newly-added polyester filament yarn (PFY) units online from January to May 2023, rising by 128.8% year on year, JLC data shows.

06-13-2023 13:53:36

China’s Exchange to adopt JLC assessments for new methanol swaps

China’s Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) has decided to adopt methanol spot price assessed by JLC as the settlement for its upcoming methanol swaps.

09-02-2021 15:43:51

Normal butanol-octanol spread turns very narrow on price changes

Shandong (JLC), March 19, 2021--The price spread between normal butanol and octanol retreated to a very narrow territory as prices of the two products were nearly the same in the week ended March 19.

03-19-2021 17:26:26

Methanol price rebounds on narrowed spread between east and west inland markets

The methanol market price in China’s inland market rebounded slightly in end-July after recorded a new low, as the production cost and unit maintenance both supported the market.

08-11-2020 17:35:56

Additional capacity to weigh down on China’s PP price

China’s rapidly growing PP capacity is to put downward pressure on local PP prices later this year

07-13-2020 17:41:16

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