Immediate hike for TDI sold in Africa and Middle East

Polyurethane Feedstocks January 2016: MDI und TDI give way slightly / Polyols mostly in weak rollover / Demand gathers momentum / Isocyanates could lose further ground

Engineering Recyclate January 2016: Virgin material declines ring in slight fall for most regrind grades / Only rABS and rPOM hold stable / Top-up effect drives demand / Notations expected to bottom out

End-of-year hiatus rings in downslide / Homopolymer PP sees steepest fall / Are notations bottoming out?

Standard Recyclate January 2016: Declines across the entire rLDPE spectrum / Other regrind materials mostly stable / Demand surprisingly lively / Primary market sends mixed signals for the weeks to come

Standard Thermoplastics Trend January 2016: Cost reductions slow to take effect / PS tends firmer / Potential for further concessions before the end of the month despite surprisingly lively demand

North America December 2015: PE holds stable / PP continues to rise / PVC crumbling / PS prices roll over / Engineering thermoplastics notations stable to down

China Engineering Thermoplastics December 2015: Feedstocks rise / Only benzene and PX point down / Polymer notations recede / Only PC firms / Demand slightly higher than in November / Processors could stock up in January ahead of Chinese New Year holidays

Russia December 2015: PE and PVC notations cave in across a broad front / PET firms / PP and PS trending sideways / Prices expected to stabilise in January

China Standard Thermoplastics December 2015: Feedstock notations firm / Domestic producers fail to lift polymer prices / Cost of imports continues to slide / National polymer inventory trending slightly long amid flat demand

Composites/GRP December 2015: Ortho resins give way only slightly / No significant movement for glass fibre products / Diverging price trends likely in January

Higher prices for S-PVC

Immediate hike for PS sold in Europe

Engineering Thermoplastics December 2015: Polyamide prices continue to fall / PC and PMMA also slightly lower / Buyers tied to long-term contracts will fight excessive prices next year

Price hike for GPPS / ABS slightly cheaper