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POLYETHYLENE IMPORTS
War in Iran threatens Europe's PE supply / Shortage expected within six weeks as US volumes unlikely to compensate
06.03.2026
PLASTICS ECONOMY EUROPE
Sales volumes and pricing dominate concerns / Employment stabilises as pressure shifts to markets and regulation / Cautious outlook for 2026 – PIE Market Survey
12.02.2026
EU-INDIA TRADE
Landmark deal slashes car tariffs to 40% / Plastics, chemicals tariffs down to 0% for almost all products
27.01.2026
EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION
Sector headed for a rebound? / German results fuel hopes / EU to boost affordable housing
15.01.2026
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPE
EU27 competitiveness expected to erode further by 2030 amid rising energy costs / Bloc's global market shrinks over 15 years – Cefic
07.01.2026
EU POLICY
European Commission launches programme to support recycling sector / “Unfair and harmful import competition” to be addressed
06.01.2026
EUROPEAN AUTO INDUSTRY
Brussels lifts ban on combustion engines / Industry groups offer lukewarm responses / German car lobby calls changes 'disastrous'
18.12.2025
YEAR-ENDER 2025: TARIFFS
Trump tariffs shook EU plastics industry in 2025 / 15% duty ignited retaliatory firestorms / Diversification and capacity shifts ahead in 2026
16.12.2025
YEAR-ENDER 2025: EU ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
OECD predicts slowdown in '26 / Spain to lead, Italy to lag among EU Big Four / UK expansion to ease
15.12.2025
EU POLICY
Commission launches bioeconomy strategy / Substitution of fossil fuels / Cefic says enthusiasm is premature / Bioplastics capacity growing rapidly
09.12.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
Up to eight plants under threat of closure in Europe / Plastics converters must brace for drop in demand / Defence sector could become point of growth
03.12.2025
PLASTICS PRODUCTION
European output stagnates amid global growth / Circular volumes shift to Asia – Plastics Europe report
08.10.2025
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Output in H1 2025 pushed lower by weak demand, uncompetitive energy prices / Reliance on Chinese imports grows / Prospects of recovery remain unpredictable – Cefic
29.09.2025
PLASTICS MANUFACTURING GERMANY
Production down significantly in Q2 / “We will need to be in it for the long haul” – Plastics Europe
19.09.2025
TRADE WAR
EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment
02.09.2025
PLASTICS DISTRIBUTION
Major challenges ahead for plastics traders / Increasing dependence on China, US
30.07.2025
TRADE WAR
EU, US strike 15% tariff deal / Zero-for-zero tariffs agreed for some strategic products
28.07.2025
EU POLICY
Commission presents new seven-year budget / Council, Parliament oppose taxation plans
25.07.2025
TRADE WAR
Some EU states want massive response to US tariffs – reports / Berlin, Paris prefer major pushback / Japan settles for 15%
23.07.2025
TRADE WAR
Brussels examines tariffs on US plastics, chemicals – reports / Materials part of long list of possible countermeasures
16.07.2025
PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY
First-quarter production up significantly / Future seems dim – Plastics Europe
16.07.2025
EU POLICY
Commission to stick by emissions-reduction plan / Compromise sees carbon credits be part of total
08.07.2025
EU POLICY
Green agenda starts to wither / Is brown the new beautiful? / Macron calls for second rethink of 2040 targets
03.07.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPE
Cefic unveils five-point plan to accelerate shift to circular economy / Trade body urges action over ambition
26.06.2025
UKRAINE
Polymer imports plunge by a third since start of war / Stake in Karpatnaftokhim reportedly sold to new investor
23.06.2025
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