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POLYMER PRICES
PVC May 2016: Price hikes exceed cost rise / Higher titanium dioxide notations pull unplasticised blends up / Strikes across France limit availability / Further increases likely
02.06.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend May 2016: Polyolefin notations start to soften / Producers' ability to pass on costs is put into question / EVA and PVC trending upwards / PS remains firm
13.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polyethylene April 2016: Price hikes bring small margin improvements / EVA climbs steeply after outage in Germany / Buyers plan to break producers' practice of lifting prices in line with cost rise
04.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene April 2016: Hikes top cost rise slightly / Producers take advantage of tightening trend / More structural adjustments for compounds / Firming likely in May
04.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Styrenics April 2016: Styrene cost rise passed on / Some producers secure gains beyond the cost increase / Construction sector drives demand / Notations expected to hold stable in May
04.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
PVC April 2016: Producers manage to improve margins / Titanium dioxide price hike drives rigid blends notations up / Season gets off to a strong start / Further increases likely in May
03.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
PET April 2016: Producers have to concede earlier margin gains again / Price increases fall short of cost rise / Market more balanced than expected / Notations likely to move sideways in May
03.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2016: Most increases exceed feedstock cost rise / PVC suppliers lift margins / PP remains under considerable upward pressure
14.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polyethylene March 2016: Notations continue to firm over the course of the month / Producers pass on only part of the cost reduction / Buyers stock up as much as possible / Significant increases expected in April
05.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene March 2016: Standard grades increasingly firm / Maintenance and sinking imports propel turnaround / Hikes along the entire C3 chain expected in April
05.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Styrenics March 2016: Significant SM cost rise drives notations up / Demand increases / Many processors engage in pre-emptive buying / Uptrend expected to continue in April
05.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
PET March 2016: Increases allow producers to improve their margins / Rising demand in Asia keeps imports at bay / Availability trending tight as beverage season gets underway / Further uptrend likely in April
04.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
PVC March 2016: Processors manage to obtain cost decline / Demand dampened by good inventories and Easter quiet / Rise in ethylene contract and seasonal demand point to increases in April
04.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend March 2016: Olefin notations gradually stabilise / Diverging price movements / Rise in SM contract drives styrenics up / Firming tendency
14.03.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene February 2016: Concessions match cost relief / Special offers and imports drive demand / Compound prices adjusted / Early Easter holiday will dampen March demand
03.03.2016
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