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Producers´ Announcements
POLYETHYLENE
North America: Sasol building swing line / ExxonMobil plans to raise exports / New player eyeing facility in the Appalachians
 		11.03.2013
THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS
US demand to reach over 5m t by 2017 / Rebounding construction industry offers best prospects / PVC fastest growing resin / Freedonia study
 		01.03.2013
PLA MARKET
Asia-Pacific remains highest growth region / Major investments in the packaging sector
 		28.02.2013
TITANIUM DIOXIDE MARKET
Decline in selling prices hits producers' Q4 earnings / Prices expected to firm during 2013 / Expansion plans cut back
 		26.02.2013
BOLIVIA
State-owned EBIH studies PVC and PP projects / Part of government plans to industrialise natural gas
 		25.02.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bayer MaterialScience declares FM for TDI from Baytown
 		25.02.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for C3 from Münchsmünster cracker in Germany
 		25.02.2013
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Tarragona / Unable to obtain necessary propylene feedstock
 		08.02.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
European 2012 olefin output drops to level of crisis year 2009
 		07.02.2013
BRAZIL
Plastics raw material imports fall 21% in 2012 / Strong declines in imports of PET and PVC / Abiplast report
 		05.02.2013
CHINA
Ground-breaking for new mega-petrochemical terminal in Huizhou port
 		30.01.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos cracker in Lavera is down / Reports of forces majeures for downstream products / So far FM only confirmed for C4 chain
 		04.01.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Petro Rabigh launches 20-day maintenance following power outage
 		04.01.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire leads PPG Industries to declare force majeure for VCM from Louisiana
 		03.01.2013
ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS
Balance of worldwide capacity has shifted to Asia / Polyamide is a rare exception / European market holds up relatively well / Massive expansion in China likely to continue
 		02.01.2013
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