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China’s April EVA market sees strong exports but weak imports

Shandong (JLC), May 26, 2026—China’s EVA market indicated a pattern of high output, shrinking imports and surging exports in April. Strong exports against subdued imports became the core feature in Ap

05-26-2026 16:31:13

High value-added PP capacity in rapid growth

Shandong (JLC), May 21, 2026—Consistent capacity expansion is seen in China's PP industry, which is followed by intensified industrial competition and shrinking production margins. In this context, mo

05-21-2026 09:14:58

HDPE exports and imports up by varying degrees in Mar

Shandong (JLC), April 22, 2026—In March 2026, China’s HDPE imports and exports both increased, albeit by varying degrees, with exports witnessing a pronounced 125.75% month-on-month rise while imports

04-22-2026 17:38:31

China’s EVA market sees supply constraints in Apr-May

Shandong (JLC), April 14, 2026—China’s EVA market has been experiencing periodic supply constraints amid concentrated unit maintenance domestically and falling imports in April-May.

04-14-2026 17:34:30

China’s EVA price fluctuates at elevated levels amid ongoing tense situation

Shandong (JLC), March 19, 2026—Entering March, China’s EVA market has been in high fluctuations in response to its huge volatile feedstock market, amid ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. Meanwhile,

03-19-2026 16:45:35

China’s EVA market moves sideways after bottoming out

Shandong (JLC), February 5, 2026—In January 2026, China’s EVA market bottomed out firstly, bolstered by rebounded downstream demand, amid the announcement of VAT export rebate for photovoltaic product

02-05-2026 17:28:04

Newly-added units push up domestic EVA capacity to 3.80 mln mt/yr

Shandong (JLC), December 10, 2025—On December 5, a capacity of 300,000 mt/yr EVA unit at Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical and a capacity of 200,000 mt/yr EVA unit at Levima Green (Shandong) New Materials

12-10-2025 17:39:29

Capacity expansion encounters weakening demand in EVA industry

Shandong (JLC), November 19, 2025—Against the backdrop of the continuous expansion of EVA capacity, demand for EVA, however, is falling, especially in the shoe industry both at home and abroad.

11-19-2025 15:59:18

China’s PP market to go range-bound at low positions on multiple factors

Shandong (JLC), March 20, 2025—Recently, China’s PP market had refreshed its record lows amid the sluggish resumption of downstream demand. As of March 19, the offers of mainstream PP raffia were pegg

03-20-2025 17:23:21

Analysis on BOPP imports and exports in Sep

Shandong (JLC), October 24, 2024--In September 2024, the import volume of BOPP totaled 5.5kt, down by 1.79% month on month and the export volume totaled 57.4kt, a drop of 4.97% month on month, accordi

10-24-2024 10:50:58

Narrowing spread btw PP powder and propylene weighs on margins

Shandong (JLC), October 23, 2024—China PP powder market remained weak against the firm feedstock propylene price. With the narrowing trading spread, PP powder producers were experiencing margin losses

10-23-2024 16:29:30

Sep EVA output drops on month

Shandong (JLC), October 22, 2024—China EVA output totaled 190kt in September 2024, up by 2% year on year but down by 7% month on month. Unit maintenance at Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical, as well as the

10-22-2024 16:08:13

China PP powder prices weak against rising propylene price

Shandong (JLC), October 17, 2024—China PP powder offers dropped against the rising propylene price.

10-17-2024 16:38:49

China PP prices weaker on capacity expansion in Q4 2024

Shandong (JLC), September 26, 2024—PP capacity expansion will continue in the fourth quarter of 2024, which will weigh on supply-demand fundamentals further, leading to the weakening China PP market.

09-26-2024 16:19:29

China PP powder market prices inch down after holiday

Shandong (JLC), September 19, 2024--China PP powder market price declined slightly compared to that before the holiday amid the weaker propylene price and slipping PP futures.

09-19-2024 14:48:39

China PP market prices remain sluggish on weaker crude and tepid demand

Shandong (JLC), September 19, 2024--China PP market prices remained sluggish on weaker international crude price and tepid downstream demand.

09-19-2024 08:32:48

China PP prices decline on sluggish de-stocking and tepid demand

Shandong (JLC), July 31, 2024--PP futures prices remained sluggish amid declining international crude prices and lackluster downstream demand. Producers lowered their EXW offers and PP traders mainly

07-31-2024 16:15:27

China PP prices up in Jul and to remain weak in Aug

Shandong (JLC), July 26, 2024--China PP market prices corrected after climbing up slightly in July. It was expected that PP granule prices would remain sluggish in August on weaker fundamentals.

07-26-2024 15:09:16

Agricultural film operating rate see-saws sharply in H1 2024

Shandong (JLC), July 25, 2024--The operating rate of agricultural film industry see-sawed sharply in the first half of 2024 and was expected to retreat before climbing up in the seco

07-25-2024 15:12:54

Analysis on BOPP imports and exports in June

Shandong (JLC), July 24, 2024--In June 2024, the import volume of BOPP totaled 4.8kt, down by 14.29% month on month and the export volume totaled 63.1kt, up by 12.88% month on month, according to stat

07-24-2024 11:20:06

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