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POLYMER PRICES
Polyethylene January 2020: Planned price hikes go up in smoke / Demand still not great / Some plants operating with reduced output / Coronavirus outbreak could hit business in China / Downtrend expected
05.02.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene January 2020: Producer price hikes mostly fall flat / Ordering surprisingly strong / Seasonal effects will boost February demand / Minimal hikes possible
05.02.2020
POLYMER PRICES
PET January 2020: Prices largely stable with slight hint of firming / No impetus from either costs or demand / Hardly any change expected in February / Hopes pinned on start of season in March
04.02.2020
POLYMER PRICES
PVC January 2020: Unexpectedly dynamic demand / Calls for increases initially come to nothing / Slight price reductions for compounds / Renewed attempts to improve margins in February
04.02.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend January 2020: Polyolefins trending just slightly up / Styrenics make up the ground lost in December / Demand picks up only slowly / Selective price increases over the rest of the month
14.01.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Polyethylene December 2019: Small C2 increase ignored / Prices roll over or fall slightly / Producers suffer margin reductions / Demand affected by short working month / Little change expected in January
06.01.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene December 2019: All products roll over / Little change seen for January / Demand mostly below average
06.01.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Styrenics December 2019: Further decreases with PS, EPS and ABS / All prices reach annual lows / Oversupply and weak demand continue / Possible trend reversal in January
06.01.2020
POLYMER PRICES
PET December 2019: Prices bottom out / More expensive imports stabilise the lowest prices / Monthly contracts slip too / Recycled PET still costs more than virgin material / Calm start of the year
03.01.2020
POLYMER PRICES
PVC December 2019: Few impulses in December / Notations stuck in a rollover / Modest demand at year's end January with slight markups
03.01.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend December 2019: Polyolefin notations unchanged / Styrenics lose ground / Slack demand in short production month / Price stability or softening expected as year-end approaches
12.12.2019
POLYMER PRICES
Polyethylene November 2019: Fall in feedstock reference price determines the reductions / Nearly all products follow suit / Film grades suffer from poor demand / Rollover likely in December despite slightly firmer ethylene price
04.12.2019
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene November 2019: Lower reference has repercussions along the chain / Demand remains weak / Players may take half of December off
04.12.2019
POLYMER PRICES
Styrenics November 2019: Prices continue to fall / Some reductions for PS and EPS exceed styrene cost decline / Oversupply dominates market / Further decreases likely
04.12.2019
POLYMER PRICES
PVC November 2019: Ethylene reference sets the price span / Pro rata reductions have to be passed on / No margin improvement for producers / Depressed situation in the very short working month of December
03.12.2019
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