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POLYMER PRICES
PVC June 2016: Notations reflect higher costs / Suppliers manage to realise slight margin gains / Titanium dioxide drives rigid blends up disproportionately / Additional firming expected in July
04.07.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend June 2016: Higher feedstock costs push notations up / Occasional price cuts reported only for PE / Demand stronger than in May / Prices could crumble during the course of the month
14.06.2016
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Polyethylene May 2016: Producers fail to pass on costs in full / Imports boost supply / Demand subdued due to bank holidays / Despite rise in ethylene cost, rollover expected for June
03.06.2016
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Polypropylene May 2016: Standard material producers struggle to pass on higher costs / Tough negotiations likely in June / Compounds trend firm / Anxiety over new indexing plan
03.06.2016
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Styrenics May 2016: PS prices mostly unchanged / Weak rollover for EPS / ABS notations on the rise / Holidays and price speculations dampen demand / Hikes expected for June
03.06.2016
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PVC May 2016: Price hikes exceed cost rise / Higher titanium dioxide notations pull unplasticised blends up / Strikes across France limit availability / Further increases likely
02.06.2016
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Standard Thermoplastics Trend May 2016: Polyolefin notations start to soften / Producers' ability to pass on costs is put into question / EVA and PVC trending upwards / PS remains firm
13.05.2016
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Polyethylene April 2016: Price hikes bring small margin improvements / EVA climbs steeply after outage in Germany / Buyers plan to break producers' practice of lifting prices in line with cost rise
04.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene April 2016: Hikes top cost rise slightly / Producers take advantage of tightening trend / More structural adjustments for compounds / Firming likely in May
04.05.2016
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Styrenics April 2016: Styrene cost rise passed on / Some producers secure gains beyond the cost increase / Construction sector drives demand / Notations expected to hold stable in May
04.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
PVC April 2016: Producers manage to improve margins / Titanium dioxide price hike drives rigid blends notations up / Season gets off to a strong start / Further increases likely in May
03.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2016: Most increases exceed feedstock cost rise / PVC suppliers lift margins / PP remains under considerable upward pressure
14.04.2016
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Polyethylene March 2016: Notations continue to firm over the course of the month / Producers pass on only part of the cost reduction / Buyers stock up as much as possible / Significant increases expected in April
05.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene March 2016: Standard grades increasingly firm / Maintenance and sinking imports propel turnaround / Hikes along the entire C3 chain expected in April
05.04.2016
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Styrenics March 2016: Significant SM cost rise drives notations up / Demand increases / Many processors engage in pre-emptive buying / Uptrend expected to continue in April
05.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
PVC March 2016: Processors manage to obtain cost decline / Demand dampened by good inventories and Easter quiet / Rise in ethylene contract and seasonal demand point to increases in April
04.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend March 2016: Olefin notations gradually stabilise / Diverging price movements / Rise in SM contract drives styrenics up / Firming tendency
14.03.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene February 2016: Concessions match cost relief / Special offers and imports drive demand / Compound prices adjusted / Early Easter holiday will dampen March demand
03.03.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polyethylene February 2016: Most price cuts exceed the cost reduction / Decline in pipe grades also greater than the C2 fall / Orders pick up amid expectations that notations will bottom out soon / Stabilisation likely in March
03.03.2016
POLYMER PRICES
PVC February 2016: Producers pass on almost the entire ethylene cost decline / Previous price levels unsustainable / Demand weaker than expected / Lack of imports and several turnarounds expected to result in stability for March
03.03.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Styrenics February 2016: Notations give way across the board / Declines do not always equal the cost reduction / Material availability suffices to meet demand / Notations likely to turn around in March
03.03.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend February 2016: Most cost reductions factored in / Declines for PVC somewhat more restrained / Battles over additional price cuts will characterise the rest of the month
12.02.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polyethylene January 2016: Declines exceed the cost reduction / Market moves towards surplus / Imports pressure / Notations likely to slide further in February
03.02.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene January 2016: Prices fall faster as the month progresses / Inventories swell as buyers hold back / Propylene at near-record low / Downward trend will continue in February
03.02.2016
POLYMER PRICES
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03.02.2016
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