PET July 2015: Price fall exceeds feedstock decline / Imports rise / Converters' reticence to buy depresses demand balance / Downward pressure on notations will continue in August

PVC July 2015: Rollover for base and emulsion grades / Slight downward corrections for compounds / Supply improves considerably / Price declines likely in August

ABS price decline

Base Petrochemicals, Aromatics and Feedstocks: July/August 2015

Prices for GPPS come down again

Global price hike for phenolic antioxidants

Polyurethane Feedstocks July 2015: MDI higher / TDI gives way slightly / Polyols unchanged / Supply fairly long / Demand still relatively strong / Weak rollover for all materials in August?

North American flame retardant UPR and vinyl ester resins prices to rise

Engineering Recyclate July 2015: Most grades trend sideways / Availability of production scrap largely suffices to meet demand / rPC and rPP compounds the sole exceptions / rABS prices could erode in August

What goes up, must come down

Standard Recyclate July 2015: Prices turn around / Most notations roll over / Slight increases only for rHDPE and rPET flakes / First erosions for rPS and rPET / Downtrend likely in August

Standard Thermoplastics Trend July 2015: Supply situation on the road to recovery / PE rolls over / PP follows the monomer down / PVC trending stable to slightly upward / PS takes its cue from the monomer trend

China Engineering Thermoplastics June 2015: Feedstocks firm on the back of maintenance downtimes / Domestic notations fall across the board / Raw material prices likely to soften in July / Polymers expected to hold stable amid slight downward trend

North America June 2015: PE inches sideward / PP producers improve their margins / PVC remains stuck at the bottom / PS down by triple digits / Slight uptrend for engineering thermoplastics

Composites/GRP June 2015: Resins prices see further small gains / Supply and demand good / Orders may slacken from mid-July / Glass fibre products head unchanged into new quarter