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EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Stagflation continues / Recession looms / Analysts warn of German slowdown
 		01.11.2022
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Austria: Unification of packaging collection from 2023 onwards
 		01.11.2022
BELARUS
Ukraine war slams refining industry / Uncertainty for major resin plants / Information blackout since February
 		31.10.2022
COFFEE CAPSULES
Market growth slowing / Trend follows pandemic boom – AMI report
 		31.10.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING
Trade bodies urge caution on recycled content targets under EU directive / Raw material costs stabilise in Q3 / Outlook remains uncertain
 		28.10.2022
LOGISTICS
Should China call the shots for German companies? / Port of Rotterdam feels impact of EU sanctions on Russia / Container freight rates drop across the board
 		27.10.2022
US PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Shipments, employment rise in 2021 / Plastics products sixth-largest industry in America / Trade group to become “more vocal”
 		25.10.2022
CHINA
Massive VCM capacity expansions coming online up to 2025
 		24.10.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING
Converters groan under burden of high energy prices / Threat of production cutbacks / Barrier materials still tight / Can the use of recyclate be a gamechanger?
 		24.10.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyamide 6: Domo production of resin, caprolactam back to normal at German site / Output tied to market demand / Indian compounding announced at K 2022
 		21.10.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY
K 2022: European resin makers hold global market share after steep decline / Current situation “very fluid”
 		20.10.2022
LOGISTICS
No fuel, no train traffic: nothing is working in France / Competitive expansion of German rail network to cost EUR 17 bn / Freight rates continue to decline
 		20.10.2022
PVC INDUSTRY
Converters hard hit by high prices, supply chain problems / Sector worst affected by forces majeures / Ccurrent utilisation rates in Europe only at about 76%
 		20.10.2022
ENERGY COSTS
Natural gas prices ease / Decline in crude demand continues / Industrial raw materials prices lower
 		20.10.2022
EGYPT
Gas price reduction for sections of petrochemicals industry / Compensatory measure for weak national currency
 		19.10.2022
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