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OIL MARKETS
Saudi Arabia aims to meet all supply commitments in September / Petrochemical deliveries gather speed
 		19.09.2019
PVC
Chinese exports to Asia plummet in first half of 2019 / US remains top supplier to China despite trade tariffs
 		18.09.2019
OIL MARKETS
Attack on Saudi oil production not expected to have lasting impact on plastics industry / Threat of retaliation / Converters should either react quickly or wait it out
 		16.09.2019
WORLD TRADE
China makes concessions ahead of trade talks with US / 16 products freed from tariffs / More items to follow
 		13.09.2019
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Propylene: Borealis declares force majeure in Kallo / FM is also now in effect on PP in Burghausen / Restart for OMV's cracker
 		06.09.2019
COMPOSITES GERMANY
Mood in fibre-composite industry is clouding over / Automotive sector putting a brake on growth
 		06.09.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: Production stopped by Borealis in Burghausen / New orders not taken for time being
 		03.09.2019
PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
New trilateral consortium aims to make crackers more sustainable / Project of EU-based petchem giants backed by national and regional governments
 		03.09.2019
PET
EU imposes tariffs on PET manufactured in India
 		02.09.2019
CHINA
Polyethylene imports skyrocket in first half of 2019 / Much less cargo from US amid trade war
 		30.08.2019
UPDATE - WORLD TRADE
Escalation of US-China trade dispute hits plastics once more / Full product lists published
 		28.08.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
HDPE pipe: Ineos declares force majeure on deliveries from its Lillo site
 		27.08.2019
WORLD TRADE
US polymer exports rise rapidly in the first half-year / US overtakes Saudi Arabia as biggest supplier of HDPE to Europe / Conflict with China creates shifts in global market / Economic downturn continues
 		23.08.2019
USA
Volume of goods handled in Houston harbour set to break records / Expansion investments running into billions
 		22.08.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ethylene: ExxonMobil has unplanned shutdown of Fife cracker in Scotland
 		19.08.2019
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