Polyethylene September 2015: Notations fall significantly more than the monomer reference price / HD grades tend somewhat firmer / Many converters hold back with their buying activities / Price decline in October likely to be less marked than before

PVC September 2015: Producers pass on ethylene cost relief / Margins successfully defended / Cheap olefins pressure additives / Tough negotiations on the table in October

Styrenics September 2015: Standard grades mostly follow SM reference / EPS and ABS also pulled down / Significant acceleration in October caused by styrenics monomer crash

Polypropylene September 2015: Rebates for standard grades exceed monomer's fall / Downswing loses momentum / Prices to continue downward in October / VW crisis clouds compound outlook

PET September 2015: Costs fall a little more than prices / Imports significantly rarer / Demand livens up also due to topping-up effects / Indications point to stability in October

Standard Thermoplastics Trend September 2015: Fall in polyolefin notations exceeds cost reduction / PVC and PS declines in line with the feedstocks / Demand more subdued than expected

Polyethylene August 2015: Price cuts slightly exceed cost reduction / Market situation returning to normal / Imports improve supply situation / Specified HD types remain short / Further significant reductions expected in September

Styrenics August 2015: Notations give way / Rebates mostly exceed cost relief / Summer lull and expectations of price drop curb demand / Fresh SM decline will trigger further concessions

PET August 2015: Price decline gathers speed / Low Asian notations and oil's tail dive pull prices down / Imports abound / Notations likely to fall further in September

Polypropylene August 2015: Price reductions slightly greater than price relief / Producers‘ margins still well-padded / Market trending long / Downslide will gather speed in September

PVC August 2015: Producers pass on proportionate cost rise / Tough price round ends in a stalemate / Fall in titanium dioxide impacts rigid blends / Additional declines expected in September

Standard Thermoplastics Trend August 2015: Price cuts for PE and PVC still smaller than cost reduction / PP often a little higher / PS follows closely in the footsteps of SM / Imports more plentiful / Continuing price pressure

Polyethylene July 2015: Weak rollover dominates / Supply not yet sufficiently balanced / An improvement is nevertheless evident / Prices expected to fall in August / Demand will dictate the size of the reductions

Polypropylene July 2015: Standard grades tumble farther than monomer / Supply mostly back to normal as imports pad / Base compounds regather momentum / Price plunge in August

Styrenics July 2015: Fall in PS notations exceeds monomer slide / EPS decline not as steep / ABS moves into a rollover / Price pressure will continue into August