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POLYMER PRICES
China standard thermoplastics January: Nearly all prices trend higher / Quotations impacted strongly by rising cost of crude / Demand outlook remains weak as Spring Festival approaches
 		12.02.2026
POLYMER PRICES
North America May: Prices unchanged or down / Key sectors still weak / Tariff policy continues to create uncertainty / Feedstock costs predominantly lower / Sluggish environment set to continue in June
 		11.06.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
German, European industrial indicators edge higher / German shops report slightly better outlook / Economic concerns remain
 		28.10.2024
POLYMER PRICES
North America September: Prices roll over or fall back / Weak demand continues / Production outages have no effect on quotes / Lower feedstock prices and surplus trend support decreases
 		07.10.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Business confidence in Germany slumps again / Mood sours among domestic processors / German economy to shrink this year? / Euro area growth in danger
 		25.09.2024
DOW
Chemical major adjusts guidance lower / Consolidations in Europe on the table
 		18.09.2024
POLYMER PRICES
North America August: Most prices roll over or fall / Only polyolefins rise because of increasing feedstock prices / FMs, outages due to weak demand have no effect on prices / No trend turnaround likely
 		03.09.2024
POLYMER PRICES
North America July 2024: Hurricane Beryl leads to numerous outages, logistics problems / Polyolefin, PVC prices see some significant rises / PA 6 also considerably higher / August expected to stay mostly unchanged
 		06.08.2024
POLYMER PRICES
North America May 2024: Rollover for most grades / Feedstock prices mixed / Converters still holding back on ordering / No price surges expected in June, but risk of hurricanes exists
 		11.06.2024
POLYMER PRICES
North America August 2022: Polymer prices plummet / Trend turnaround for PS, PA 6 / Falling feedstock costs, weak market base to push prices lower
 		14.09.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY USA
Increase in domestic shipments, machine making in 2021 / Trade deficit in 2020
 		24.08.2022
GLOBAL TRADE
Geopolitical events hurt trade flows / Economic growth to slow / Chinese Covid-19 outbreaks hamper logistics / Euler Hermes reports
 		14.04.2022
CORONAVIRUS
Global economic development forecast of 4.6% in 2021 / Buoyant H2 growth expected on vaccine rollouts despite bottlenecks / Return to pre-pandemic levels only by 2022 / Euler Hermes report
 		11.02.2021
USA
New initiative launched by oil companies and environmentalists calls for carbon fee
 		18.09.2019
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
MANAGEMENT
Overdue payments substantially impact businesses in Eastern Europe / Late payments growing in Turkey / Bankruptcy is main reason for uncollectable receivables / Atradius report
 		29.10.2018
HAITIAN
Operating profit improves by over 10% in H1 2016 driven by improving margins / Uncertainty in world economy affects revenues from exports / Domestic sales increase by 5.2% / Improvement expected in final six months of year
 		31.08.2016
COVESTRO
Stock market debut goes smoothly / Shares initially gain 12% / Issue three times oversubscribed
 		08.10.2015
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