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TURKEY
Styrenics import prices off sharply in Jan-Aug / Export prices falter / Imports to grow 7% by volume in 2020 / Domestic demand to ease / Production to decline
 		13.11.2020
LDPE
Indian dumping probe into imports from US and Asia could impact Europe
 		09.11.2020
PA 6.6
China reviews anti-dumping duty on US PA 6.6 chips
 		09.11.2020
BIOPLASTICS
Government action needed to boost capacity / Cost a significant barrier to scaling up
 		06.11.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic declares force majeure for LDPE deliveries from UK
 		04.11.2020
USA
Hurricane Zeta brings further devastation to the US Gulf Coast / Some damage to polymerisation lines
 		03.11.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6: Lanxess declares force majeure / Caprolactam plant shut down after maintenance
 		02.11.2020
SPAIN
Covid-19 crisis hits economy / Q3 GDP down year-on-year / Weakness follows pressure on sales by plastics processing sector in 2019 / Volume decline for machinery imports
 		02.11.2020
MEG
European Commission considers anti-dumping levies on US and Saudi shipments of PET precursor
 		28.10.2020
PPS
Chinese commerce ministry imposes provisional duties from US and some Asian countries
 		27.10.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
TDI: Covestro restarts Dormagen plant / Force majeure still in effect
 		26.10.2020
PVC RECYCLING
VinylPlus developing new sustainability programme / Virtual event features strategy debate
 		26.10.2020
PVC
China initiates anti-subsidy investigation against US imports
 		23.10.2020
TURKEY
PVC imports by weight seen up over 9% in 2020 / Domestic production volume set to drop more than 10% / PVC foreign trade deficit forecast to rise
 		22.10.2020
POLYURETHANE
Supply situation for TDI and polyols critical / “Tremendous procurement problems” for processors / Hardly any imports due to shutdowns of US plants
 		20.10.2020
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