PVC November 2014: Pressure from the oil chain forces producers to pass on cost relief / Demand from the construction sector still weak / Prices likely to remain under pressure in December

Styrenics November 2014: Notations under pressure / SM spot prices point the way / Converters cover only immediate needs / Feedstock declines herald sharp erosion in December

PET November 2014: Declines fall short of cost reduction / Market more balanced than expected / Notations still under downward pressure

Standard ABS price lowered

Base Petrochemicals, Aromatics and Feedstocks: November 2014

China Standard Thermoplastics November 2014: Feedstock import quotes continue in free fall / C2, C3, SM at lows not seen in years / Polymer producers worried about unabated price declines / Processors in holding pattern and keeping inventories low

PS price lowered significantly

Polyurethane feedstocks November 2014: Moerdijk shortfall pushes polyols up / Propylene oxide extremely tight / MDI und TDI softer / Aromatics slide not yet reflected / Corrections likely

Global price hike for polymer stabilisers

Engineering Recyclate November 2014: Notations mostly stable / rPOM sheds a few more feathers / rPA 6 beginning to crumble / Strong demand as a result of buyers' strategic evasive manoeuvres / Notations likely to erode

Standard Recyclate November 2014: Notations caught between high purchasing costs and declining virgin material prices / rPP and rPET continue to plummet / Prices likely to soften across a broad front in December

Global hike for glass fibre products

Standard Thermoplastics Trend November 2014: Cost reductions for olefins not yet matched in product prices / Price cuts nevertheless substantial / Supply now adjusted to demand / Styrenics stagnate / Stability dominates

Higher prices for PMMA moulding compounds

China Engineering Thermoplastics October 2014: All feedstock costs down / PC, PMMA firm / All other polymer prices soft / Consumption on normal level / November likely to see little change