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PET bottle chip profits double in 2022 on high costs and tight supply

Shandong (JLC), December 30, 2022--In 2022, the overall profits of PET bottle chip producers doubled in China, driven up by high costs and tight spot supply.

12-30-2022 11:02:00

PTA industry chain profits lower except PET bottle chip

Shandong (JLC), November 30, 2022—China’s PTA industry chain profits fell for all products except for PET bottle chip, which remained profitable.

11-30-2022 17:06:57

Methanol producers’ profits slump in 2019 (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), December 31, 2019--Methanol producers’ profits slumped in 2019, and the average profit read around CNY80/mt, while that in 2018 read around CNY750/mt.

12-31-2019 15:54:38

Methanol producers’ profits slump in 2019 (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), December 31, 2019--Methanol producers’ profits slumped in 2019, and the average profit read around CNY80/mt, while that in 2018 read around CNY750/mt.

12-31-2019 15:51:01

Acetic acid profits reduce with prices falling (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), October 28, 2019--Profits of acetic acid producers kept reducing after the National Day holiday (October 1-7) in line with acetic acid prices.

10-28-2019 16:36:41

Acetic acid profits reduce with prices falling (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), October 28, 2019--Profits of acetic acid producers kept reducing after the National Day holiday (October 1-7) in line with acetic acid prices.

10-28-2019 16:30:49

Methanol prices go range-bound weighed on by decreased downstream profits

Shandong (JLC), October 17, 2019--China’s methanol prices went range-bound after consecutive rises in September, and downstream users became unwilling to buy methanol as producers’ profits declined with feedstock prices rising.

10-17-2019 09:48:53

Formaldehyde producers enjoy good profits

Shandong (JLC), September 24, 2019--Formaldehyde producers have enjoyed good profits recently.

09-24-2019 15:24:38

Methanol profits decline in H1, 2019

Shandong (JLC), July 23, 2019--Methanol producers’ profits declined greatly in the first-half 2019 (H1, 2019), and some producers even suffered losses.

07-23-2019 16:48:57

Methanol industry chain profits decline in H1, 2019

Shandong (JLC), July 10, 2019--According to JLC’s statistics, profits of methanol and most downstream producers moved downwards in the first half of 2019 (H1, 2019).

07-10-2019 11:14:00

MTBE: Run rates remain low, profits improve

Shandong (JLC), December 18, 2018--MTBE prices rebounded since December due to bullish news and supply-demand fundamentals.

12-18-2018 17:01:27

Profits analysis of China's acetic acid industry chain in Q2 2018 (Part 3)

Shandong (JLC), July 18, 2018--Introduction: Profits of China’s acetic acid industry chain were good in Q2 2018. Thereinto, the acetic acid was profiteering, but the downstream products suffered meager profit. Some products even lost profit in April and May.

08-13-2018 16:07:47

Profits analysis of China's acetic acid industry chain in Q2 2018 (Part 2)

Shandong (JLC), July 18, 2018--Introduction: Profits of China’s acetic acid industry chain were good in Q2 2018. Thereinto, the acetic acid was profiteering, but the downstream products suffered meager profit. Some products even lost profit in April and May.

08-13-2018 16:02:01

Profits analysis of China's acetic acid industry chain in Q2 2018 (Part 1)

Shandong (JLC), July 18, 2018--Introduction: Profits of China’s acetic acid industry chain were good in Q2 2018. Thereinto, the acetic acid was profiteering, but the downstream products suffered meager profit. Some products even lost profit in April and May.

08-13-2018 15:51:03

Profits of traditional methanol downstream products

Against stable development of new-type downstream, like CTO and methanol fuel, traditional methanol downstream, such as formaldehyde, DME, acetic acid and MTBE, slowed their consumption on methanol. Methanol consumption share of some products even shrank significantly.

02-27-2017 17:25:21

Film profits was trimmed down

Along with sharp decline of feedstock prices, film prices in May begin to turn downward. Film quotation reached the highest point in early May to over CNY11,500/mt while high price and weak demand led to thin trading.

05-22-2015 17:13:17

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