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LOGISTICS Situation for world shipping remains blue / Rat race for Germany's DB Schenker begins / Freight rates largely unchanged	02.02.2024
CHINA Consumer price growth turns negative in July / Economists warn of deflationary impacts / Some analysts see a good thing	11.08.2023
EUROPEAN ECONOMY The recession that never was? / German business confidence continues higher / Economic indicators suggest growth fears overblown	26.01.2023
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Stagflation continues / Recession looms / Analysts warn of German slowdown	01.11.2022
PETROCHEMICALS Trade and market disruptions worsen / Increase in PE, PP capacities / Ongoing investment in chemical recycling and decarbonisation projects	22.09.2022
EUROZONE ECONOMY July inflation nears 9%, sets third straight record / Q2 growth surprisingly strong / Analysts warn of slowdown / US in recession in H1	01.08.2022
GLOBAL ECONOMY War in Ukraine fuels spikes in commodity prices / Inflation likely to persist / Analysts, nations reduce growth projections	09.03.2022
SPAIN National report: Coronavirus-related economic slump impacts plastics processing / CEP association expects massive drop in production value in 2020 / Supply bottlenecks exacerbate current situation	30.04.2021
TURKEY Plastics demand rises in 2020 on higher domestic sales / Import and export volumes grow / Economic woes continue	07.04.2021
POLYMER PRICES North America January 2021: Unceasing upward movement in all segments / Rising feedstock prices and supply bottlenecks reinforce the trend / Slight easing of the situation expected in February	10.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS US dominates oil output growth / Shale gas is driver / Brazil and Norway up and coming, Opec slipping / New plastics plants defy moves to curb use	27.03.2019
HIP PETROHEMIJA Debt cut brings Gazprom closer to a takeover / Polyolefins producer hopes for investment	24.08.2017
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Demand for new cars in Europe to bottom out in 2013 / Slight growth predicted for 2014 / Production stagnates at 12m vehicles / Producers fight poor demand with technology / Suppliers raise proportion of plastics in cars	17.09.2013
ITALY Plastics demand declines by 9% year-on-year / Consumption down to 1997 levels / Plastics packaging production falls to 3.3m t / Exports of plastic waste have almost dried up	11.03.2013
OLTCHIM Romanian petrochemical group files for insolvency / Fresh start in the making?	28.01.2013
BRAZIL Domestic plastics processing industry unable to meet rising polymer demand / Imports increasingly important / China most important feedstock supplier	21.11.2012
ITALY One of the weakest links in the European industrial chain / Plastics machinery performs below average / Polymer production shrinking / Company formerly known as Polimeri to move more into specialities	30.05.2012
RUSSIA Improvement in polymers market expected in 2010 / Shrinking domestic demand in 2009 has players looking abroad / PVC producers bracing for higher costs / State support for new petrochemical projects	15.02.2010

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