US polymer exports rise rapidly in the first half-year / US overtakes Saudi Arabia as biggest supplier of HDPE to Europe / Conflict with China creates shifts in global market / Economic downturn continues
Despite delays in export infrastructure projects and global trade disputes, US polymer exports are gathering momentum at a rapid rate. Particularly the low-pressure polyethylenes are much in demand – in the first half of 2019, just under 1.7m t of HDPE left US ports, according to the latest trade data from the US Census Bureau. This is an increase of over 40% compared with the first half of 2018. LLDPE from the US is also much in demand around the world. Here, the rise in the period under review was... (23.08.2019)