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Geopolitical shifts and capacity expansion drive China’s PP exports to multi-year high

Shandong (JLC), April 28, 2026--China’s PP exports hit a record 405,500 mt in March 2026, up 66.12% MoM and 25.85% YoY. Q1 exports totaled 939,900 mt, up 28.34% YoY, making China a net PP exporter.

04-28-2026 15:52:25

PP market trends amid energy volatility and capacity expansion

Shandong (JLC), April 21, 2026--From 2025 to 2026, the polypropylene (PP) market exhibited an overall pattern of initial weakness followed by strength, with volatile upward movement, shaped by the int

04-21-2026 16:36:59

China’s PTA industry shifts from expansion to quality

Shandong (JLC), March 26, 2026--Between 2021 and 2025, China’s PTA industry witnessed sustained capacity growth coupled with the removal of obsolete units.

03-26-2026 17:28:37

China’s PFY industry transitions from expansion to value growth in 2021-2030

Shandong (JLC), January 15, 2026--In 2021-2025, China’s PFY capacity expanded steadily, though momentum gradually faded. From 2026 onward, growth will slow further as the industry prioritizes quality.

01-15-2026 11:02:36

China PE capacity expansion & self-sufficiency analysis

Shandong (JLC), August 27, 2025--China’s polyethylene (PE) market has seen capacity and output rise year after year from 2016 through 2025, with two distinct surges occurring in 2020-2021 and again in

08-27-2025 17:06:28

China PE capacity expansion to hit a record high in 2025

Shandong (JLC), August 19, 2025--China’s polyethylene (PE) industry capacity continued to expand at speed in 2025, with domestic self-sufficiency rising year by year.

08-19-2025 17:08:18

China PP expansion intensifies oversupply and price wars

Shandong (JLC), August 14, 2025--Years of continuous expansion have left China’s polypropylene (PP) industry facing an increasingly lopsided market.

08-14-2025 16:56:02

China's PX industry faces capacity expansion bottleneck

Shandong (JLC), February 18, 2025-After the high-speed commissioning period of PX capacity from 2021 to 2023, the PX industry entered a capacity expansion bottleneck phase from 2024 to 2025. There wer

02-18-2025 14:45:00

China BPA industry sees capacity expansion and margin losses in 2024

Shandong (JLC), December 17, 2024—In 2024, China’s BPA industry saw continuous expansion of capacity and production margin losses weighed by tepid supply-demand fundamentals and high production costs,

12-17-2024 12:00:22

PTA & PET capacity expansions fuel both supply and demand growth in H1

Shandong (JLC), Jul 19, 2024—In the first half of 2024, the domestic supply and demand saw simultaneous growth, as PTA and PET capacities came online one after another.

07-19-2024 16:38:24

Polyester capacity expansion slows down in H1, 2024

Shandong (JLC), July 8, 2024--Polyester capacity expansion slowed down in the first half of the year after a fast growth in the previous year.

07-08-2024 15:18:09

Sinopec breaks ground for chemical expansion project in Ningbo

Guangzhou (JLC), November 27, 2023 – Sinopec started construction of a 1.5-million-mt/yr ethylene and downstream high-end new material project at its Zhenhai base in Ningbo on November 24.

11-27-2023 18:36:31

BASF and Sinopec inaugurate JV expansion project in Nanjing

Guangzhou (JLC), November 13, 2023 – BASF and Sinopec inaugurated on November 10 the expanded downstream chemical plants at the Nanjing Verbund site operated by BASF-YPC.

11-13-2023 18:52:50

China acetone supply rises on capacity expansion, despite low imports

Shandong (JLC), April 26, 2023—China’s acetone supply increased from January to March amid higher capacity, though acetone imports fell month on month.

04-26-2023 15:12:46

Risun Chemical’s caprolactam expansion project completes

Shandong (JLC), July 26, 2022--Recently, Cangzhou Risun Chemical held a completion and commissioning ceremony for the second phase expansion project of caprolactam.

07-26-2022 11:20:00

China's methanol output expected to rise on capacity expansion

Shandong (JLC), December 7, 2021--China’s methanol output is anticipated to increase in the year, largely because of rising capacity.

12-07-2021 17:15:38

South China’s styrene capacity expansion in 2021

Shandong (JLC), April 1, 2021--As of March 31 2021, China’s total styrene capacity rested at 13.619 mln mt/yr, of which South China's styrene production capacity had surpassed that of Northeast China, becoming the third largest styrene production area in China.

04-01-2021 15:18:52

Capacity expansion in epoxy resin production chain

The capacity in the epoxy resin production chain will result in some influences in China market.

10-29-2020 11:24:17

China’s PTA supply rises on unit restarts and capacity expansion

China’s PTA (pure terephthalic acid) supply will be more than ample in the future as some PTA units have restarted after maintenance and the PTA capacity is expected to increase further in the fourth quarter of 2020.

09-29-2020 16:49:42

PTA supply to surge on capacity expansion

Shandong (JLC), February 26, 2020--China’s PTA supply is expected to outpace downstream demand in 2020, as PTA capacity will extend an uptrend while downstream polyester capacity showed an inverse trend.

02-26-2020 17:17:11

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