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National policies and changes in federal funds rate to impact PE market in peak season

08-28-2025 15:38:46

MOC’s levy of anti-dumping duties impacts PC from Taiwan

Shandong (JLC), April 25, 2024--The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued a decision that it will levy anti-dumping duties on Taiwan province-origin polycarbonate (PC) as from April 20, 2024, according t

04-25-2024 10:29:54

PP prices impacted by diverse feedstock

Shandong (JLC), December 21, 2023—Polypropylene(PP) industry sees heightening price competition due to diverse production methods, among which oil-based PP and propane-based PP have the brightest outl

12-21-2023 14:03:00

Turkiye’s earthquake impacts China PE market little

Shandong (JLC), February 13, 2023--Turkiye suffered from powerful earthquakes at 18:24 Beijing time on February 6, but the earthquakes will largely make no impacts on China PE imports and exports.

02-13-2023 14:20:19

Serious pandemic in India to impact China PA export

The serious pandemic situation in India impacted Asia PA market, especially in the export market in China.

05-13-2021 17:39:00

Cargo ship blocking traffic in Suez Canal impacts domestic PE market little

Shandong (JLC), March 26, 2021--Suez Canal blocked after ship grounded, but it put limited impacts to Chinese PE market as China’s PE imports were mainly from the Middle East and Russia, while the volume from Europe was small.

03-26-2021 17:16:26

Cold weather and recurrence of pandemic impact PP market

At the end of 2020, the cold weather impacted the PP market and the recurrence in some regions restricted the PP demand and logistics. The PP market stepped into a stalemate.

01-13-2021 17:26:08

Fire at LG Chemical makes little impact on China PE market

The fire that broke out at South Korea’s LG Chemical on November 4 has made little impact on China’s general-purpose PE market, as LG Chemical is not a major general-purpose PE supplier to China.

11-10-2020 16:31:57

Surge in PP output to impact the market

The PP supply will increase in the fourth quarter of 2020, amid less maintenance and capacity expansion.

09-27-2020 17:17:45

US sanctions on Iran to put little impact on China’s PP market

The US sanctions on Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and its Shanghai-based subsidiary E-Sail Shipping at end-June have caused the delay of Iran-origin cargoes, but this is expected to have little impact on China’s PP market.

07-16-2020 17:22:36

Typhoon Amphan to impact India market further

A typhoon named Amphan attacked the east of India and Bangladesh while the COVID-29 pandemic had exerted impacts on Indian economy.

05-21-2020 18:12:00

China PP market to weaken further on impact of low-priced PP import

It is predicted that China PP market prices will decline in the short run, and the price range will be CNY6,000-6,300/mt.

05-13-2020 15:44:29

Bearish crude market further impacts China PE market

The changes in China PE market prices were wide and mixed in April. The crazy market trend in April made all market players cautious, and the slightest changes might lead to great fluctuation in bulk commodities prices in light of the epidemic.

04-23-2020 18:31:44

Weak US stock market impacts pipe market

The pipe market is unlikely to became stronger in the short run. The operating rate of plastic pipe’s downstream units was lower than 50%, and the plastic pipe inventories of PetroChina and Sinopec were high.

03-18-2020 17:39:54

Plunge in crude price impacts PE market

The Black Swan events appeared frequently in 2020, and the crude futures prices plunged seriously. Prices of other bulk commodities follow suit. Furthermore, those led to a downtrend in PE market fast.

03-12-2020 22:32:43

Outbreak of global public health event impacts China’s ABS imports

Shandong (JLC), February 26, 2020--The mass outbreak of global public health event in Japan and South Korea exerted great impacts on China’s ABS import in 2020 as China imported large numbers of ABS from there every year.

02-26-2020 17:27:27

Novel coronavirus impacts PP market

China PP market transaction stopped due to the serious condition of novel coronavirus.

02-03-2020 20:04:46

Typhoon Lekima has limited impact on polyolefin market

Typhoon Lekima exerted limited influences on polyolefin market, though the losses were huge.

08-16-2019 16:14:45

Iranian flood impacts ethylene pipeline and PE supply

The flood in Iran made the ethylene pipeline broken and influenced the PE production of five chemical companies, namely Ilam, Kermanshan, Lorestan, Kordestan and Mahabad, and the latter four companies belonged to Iranian BCCO Group.

04-16-2019 17:20:45

Environmental protection supervision brings impact to coal-based PP companies

The strict environmental protection supervision impacted the traditional market trend in 2017. However, according to the market sources, no unit was shut down for the environmental problem before Shenhua Xinjiang Coal Chemical shut the unit down for coal supply shortage.

09-01-2017 10:13:52

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