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Jul styrene supply and apparent consumption both fall on year

Shandong (JLC), July 31, 2024—China styrene supply and apparent consumption in July both saw a year-on-year decrease.

07-31-2024 16:06:19

May styrene supply higher than April

Shandong (JLC), June 18, 2024--Styrene supply rose in May on a month-on-month comparison, as the unit operating rate and output both climbed, and the production days increased.

06-18-2024 14:38:53

Styrene supply expected to rise in Q4

Shandong (JLC), October 12, 2023--Styrene supply is predicted to increase in the fourth quarter of the year amid falling maintenance and additional startups.

10-12-2023 16:18:55

China’s styrene supply expected to rise in Q4

Shandong (JLC), August 10, 2021--Chinese styrene supply is anticipated to increase in the fourth quarter of the year when many more producers will bring online their styrene units, while the growth of downstream newly-added units will be relatively slower.

08-10-2021 17:31:39

China’s styrene supply up 14% on year in H1

Shandong (JLC), July 14, 2021--The total supply of domestic styrene increased in the first half of the year, largely because the product output moved up.

07-14-2021 17:29:31

China’s styrene supply to rise further in 2021

Shandong (JLC), May 18, 2021--Chinese styrene supply is expected to see further growth in the year as a result of rising newly-added units when downstream demand is tepid.

05-18-2021 14:04:24

S China styrene supply to remain rising in 2021

Styrene supply in south China are anticipated to keep rising in 2021 due to the contribution of newly-added units.

01-18-2021 15:48:11

Styrene supply may stay high in September

The styrene supply is anticipated to be high in the rest of September, as most producers maintain high operating rates and downstream users bought on a need-to basis.

09-15-2020 15:10:01

Styrene supply-demand analysis in H1 2020 (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), July 30, 2020--On background of the economic turmoil, chance and challenges coexisted in styrene industry with Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Hengli Petrochemical together putting into production. Styrene supply-demand analysis in the first quarter of 2020 was as follows:

07-30-2020 16:55:50

Styrene supply-demand analysis in H1 2020 (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), July 30, 2020--On background of the economic turmoil, chance and challenges coexisted in styrene industry with Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Hengli Petrochemical together putting into production. Styrene supply-demand analysis in the first quarter of 2020 was as follows:

07-30-2020 16:39:40

Domestic styrene supply gains with capacity expansion in H1 2020

Shandong (JLC), July 24, 2020--During January-June 2020, the domestic styrene output read 4.4902 million mt, with an increase of 4% year on year. The rise in production came from the expansion of styrene capacity.

07-24-2020 13:55:00

Styrene supply expected to stay high in Q3

China styrene supply is anticipated to stay high in the third quarter of this year as styrene producers largely operated normally in spite of expectations of falling imports.

07-22-2020 17:12:16

Styrene supply tightens in North China

Recently, styrene producers were facing great cost pressure as the feedstock benzene and ethylene price rallied. Therefore, some plants began to reduce operating rates.

06-23-2020 11:43:26

Asian styrene supply to remain tight

Shandong (JLC), September 14, 2019--The tight supply of Asian styrene would extend to the third quarter of this year affected by the unexpected accident in local production, market sources said.

09-16-2019 16:11:56

S.China styrene supply to rise amid opened arbitrage window

Shandong (JLC), January 15, 2019--The tight supply of styrene in South China will be eased in late January, mainly because some resources from East China have flowed into there caused by opened arbitrage window.

01-15-2019 17:02:24

Styrene supply-demand gap to wear off

The output, apparent consumption volume and self-sufficiency rate of styrene in China all vibrated upwards in recent years, while styrene imports dropped, showing China styrene supply kept rising and it would meet domestic demand.

09-12-2018 16:50:09

The styrene supply increases recently

Shandong (JLC), June 14, 2018--Introduction: The decline range of styrene prices was restricted by the tight supply in June. However, the inventory gradually rebounded as many refineries' units resarted. Following this, the market supports weakened.

06-14-2018 15:24:57

Intensive maintenance led to tight styrene supply in the north of China

04-25-2017 09:17:15

Analysis on styrene supply in Shandong market

Introduction: Shandong area is the prevailing production district and the production schedules in Shandong leads the prevailing quotation in East China market.

09-08-2016 09:10:34

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