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Middle East conflict boosts polyester market via cost and supply

Shandong (JLC), March 26, 2026--Sustained Middle East tensions continued to drive up energy and chemical costs, with polyester supply chains tightening and production cuts deepening, lifting price flo

03-26-2026 16:22:08

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

Geopolitical risks lift polyester chip costs, while demand lags

Shandong (JLC), March 5, 2026--Middle East tensions boosted crude oil prices and polyester chip costs, but weak demand weighed on the market.

03-05-2026 11:01:20

Polyester chip prices to move sideways in February

Shandong (JLC), February 14, 2026--Polyester chip prices rose with fluctuations in January, pushing the monthly average higher. In February, the market is projected to move sideways.

02-14-2026 11:54:54

Polyester capacity expansion slows down in H1, 2024

Shandong (JLC), July 8, 2024--Polyester capacity expansion slowed down in the first half of the year after a fast growth in the previous year.

07-08-2024 15:18:09

Polyester prices fall on weak demand

11-15-2023 16:45:11

China polyester filament exports & imports soar on month

Shandong (JLC), October 17, 2023--In August, the imports and exports of polyester filament showed a significant increase compared to the previous month, especially with the exports of polyester filame

10-17-2023 16:29:00

PTA demand turns weak on polyester unit maintenance

Shandong (JLC), September 26, 2023--PTA market demand dropped in late September, as downstream polyester producers conducted maintenance or cut production affected by the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

09-26-2023 16:18:53

China Jul polyester filament exports drop on month

Shandong (JLC), September 21, 2023--China exported 305,100 mt of polyester filament in July 2023, with an export amount of $39.992 million and an average price of $1,311/mt, an increase of 5.08% year

09-21-2023 17:04:00

China polyester filament margins to rise in H1 2023

Shandong (JLC), August 24, 2023--In the second half of 2023, the polyester feedstock market showed a narrow upward trend, and the polyester filament market also started to rebound. The focus of market

08-24-2023 10:04:00

China polyester filament exports and imports down in April MoM

Shandong (JLC), June 8, 2023--According to customs statistics, 4,900 mt of polyester filament were imported in April 2023, with an import amount of 14.2 million US dollars and an average price of $2,9

06-08-2023 15:02:00

Polyester industry chain inventory largely down in Apr

Shandong (JLC), May 22, 2023--The inventory of polyester industry chain products including PX, PTA, PET bottle chip and polyester filament yarn (PFY) dropped on the whole in April.

05-22-2023 15:06:19

Polyester industry chain inventory shows mixed trend in March

Shandong (JLC), April 11, 2023--The inventory of polyester industry chain products showed mixed trend in March, with PX inventory up, while the inventory of PTA and PET bottle chip, etc moved downwar

04-11-2023 11:37:54

Polyester staple fiber prices remain low, despite high costs

Shandong (JLC), March 23, 2023—China’s polyester staple fiber prices maintained low levels amid weak demand and low processing fees, despite high costs.

03-23-2023 17:44:49

China polyester prices fall on lower crude prices

Shandong (JLC) March 15, 2023---In the traditional peak demand season, China polyester prices did not see a rise amid continuous decline in crude prices.

03-16-2023 16:00:00

China polyester capacity eyes uptrend in 2022

Shandong (JLC), February 20, 2023--China polyester capacity continued to increase in 2022, as many more producers endeavored to bring their units online, given fast development of textile industry an

02-20-2023 14:35:44

Polyester unit operating rate down on maintenance

Shandong (JLC), November 22, 2022--The operating rate of polyester producers moved down in the week to November 17, largely several producers shut units down.

11-22-2022 11:08:59

China polyester filament exports decline for three months

Shandong (JLC), October 28, 2022--The export volume of polyester filament fell for three consecutive months. In September, the export volume was about 240,000 mt, down 5.9% month on month.

10-28-2022 16:58:00

Post-holiday polyester industry chain market turns robust

Shandong (JLC), October 10, 2022--China polyester industry chain product prices moved up on the whole after National Day holiday (October 1-7), as crude prices moved higher.

10-10-2022 16:49:30

Tongkun Group to bring online its polyester project in Oct

Shandong (JLC), August 16, 2022--Hengchao Chemical and Fiber under Tongkun Group in Zhejiang is expected to put its 600,000 mt/yr polyester project into operation in October, market sources said.

08-16-2022 16:17:17

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