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China’s butanone retreats from highs, short-term pressure persists

Shandong (JLC), April 23, 2026--Since April, domestic butanone prices surged to peaks but lacked follow-through strength, entering a downward channel around mid-month.

04-23-2026 16:23:05

China’s caprolactam prices rally in Q1 on cost pressures, supply cuts

Shandong (JLC), April 16, 2026--China’s caprolactam market exhibited a volatile upward trend in Q1 2026 driven by cost pressures and supply tightening .

04-16-2026 15:50:18

Q2 PSF market trapped between cost pressure and demand stagnation

Shandong (JLC), April 14, 2026--China’s PSF market remains caught between stubborn cost pressures and lackluster demand in Q2, with limited upside potential and no clear trend in sight.

04-14-2026 16:48:22

Muted demand to keep octanol pressured after holiday

Shandong (JLC), February 25, 2026—Reviewing the past three years, China’s octanol prices often rose after the Spring Festival holiday, but this year, the ample supply and slow demand recovery will wei

02-25-2026 15:27:05

East China propylene prices hold steady on supply crunch, cost pressures

Shandong (JLC), February 10, 2026—Recently, the East China propylene market saw weak supply and demand fundamentals; however, prices remained resilient due to cost support and tight spot availability,

02-10-2026 15:56:09

China’s LLDPE market under pressure in 2025

Shandong (JLC), November 20, 2025--China LLDPE market had been under persistent pressure throughout 2025 and was still searching for a floor.

11-20-2025 15:39:45

China DOP prices face pressure amid soft fundamentals, weak cost support

Shandong (JLC), September 22, 2025—China’s domestic DOP market continues to face downward pressure, with weak fundamentals and minimal cost support constraining any potential gains.

09-22-2025 16:37:40

Weak demand puts pressure on ethanol sales

Prices of common grade ethanol in northern Jiangsu were CNY5,650/mt, and prices of superior grade ethanol and anhydrous ethanol were CNY5,700 /mt and CNY6,200-6,500/mt, respectively.

07-31-2025 14:32:52

China's PET fiber chip exports rise in Mar on inventory pressure

Shandong (JLC), April 29, 2025--The exports of PET fiber chip in March 2025 increased to 103,094 mt according to the General Administration of Customs of the PRC (GACC), up 19.72% month on month and 1

04-29-2025 17:38:00

PTA producers facing losses since 2024 on cost pressures

Shandong (JLC), February 27, 2025--The PTA market, undermined by costs, has seen enterprise losses persist since 2024.

02-28-2025 11:01:00

Intensive maintenance to ease PX supply pressure in April

Shandong (JLC), Mar 27, 2024—China PX prices went range-bound in January-March, but are expected to rise in April due to intensive unit maintenance, JLC estimates.

03-27-2024 17:21:36

China PTA experiences loss in 2023 amid cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), December 28, 2023—China PTA producers experienced a loss in 2023 amid cost pressure.

12-28-2023 17:13:23

China styrene losses linger on high cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), August 24, 2023—China styrene producers extended losses amid rising feedstock prices.

08-24-2023 17:40:07

China PP market under pressure on ample supply

Shandong (JLC), March 15, 2023--Since March, the domestic PP market has been unsettling. Hongrun Petrochemical, Guangdong Petrochemical and Hainan Refining and Chemical new units have successively rel

03-15-2023 00:00:00

China PP market under pressure on slow destocking

Shandong (JLC), February 15, 2023--In recent years, with the continuous expansion of the capacity of the domestic PP industry, the market price was suppressed to varying degrees.

02-15-2023 00:00:00

PX market suffers supply pressure on new start-ups

Shandong (JLC), December 5, 2022--Two sets of new PX units have been put into production in November, and another set of new units is expected to be put into production in December.

12-05-2022 17:18:00

China PET bottle flake prices drop on inventory pressure

Shandong (JLC), September 21, 2022--China PET bottle flake prices decreased lately given lackluster demand.

09-21-2022 16:51:28

China butadiene market under pressure on rising capacity

Shandong (JLC), August 9, 2022--The phase II 3# cracking unit of Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical (ZPC) was put into operation in August 2022, and its 250,000 mt/yr butadiene unit started simultaneously.

08-09-2022 16:53:00

China polyester filament market still under pressure

Shandong (JLC), May 23, 2022--The impact of the EU's sanctions on Russia's oil continued, and global oil demand improved.

05-23-2022 14:49:00

Caprolactam losses intensify under high cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), March 28, 2022--Since late February, the upstream benzene market has gradually risen to a high level, while caprolactam has been dragged down by weak demand, and the market growth rate

03-28-2022 17:16:00

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