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China’s butanone prices move sideways after rising

Shandong (JLC), February 13, 2026—China’s butanone market prices rose firstly from late January to early February, bolstered by tightening supply, along with periodic stockpiling activities from downs

02-13-2026 17:04:55

Rising operating rates drive PE supply growth

Shandong (JLC), February 11, 2026--China’s Polyethylene (PE) unit operating rates steadily recovered to 86.34%, with overall supply scale maintaining high-level operations.

02-11-2026 17:36:00

China’s Aug toluene exports keep rising on year

Shandong (JLC), September 24, 2025—China’s toluene exports totaled 79,587.07 mt in August 2025, a rise of 79.19% year on year and an increase of 20.23% month on month.

09-24-2025 17:40:07

China’s octanol market price shows weakness on rising supply

Shandong (JLC), August 20, 2025--Against the backdrop of the rising supply but marginal increase in demand, China’s octanol market price will move downward in a short run.

08-20-2025 17:16:03

China's PET bottle chip exports down on rising freight

Shandong (JLC), July 30, 2025--China exported 545,500 mt of PET bottle chip in June 2025 at an average price of $772/mt, a month-on-month decrease of 73,500 mt yet a 2.56% rise compared with June 2024

07-30-2025 16:27:00

China’s PET fiber chip exports sustain rising in May

Shandong (JLC), July 17, 2025--In May 2025, PET fiber chip exports showed strong momentum, with both month-on-month and year-on-year volumes posting impressive gains.

07-17-2025 11:34:00

China butanone exports climb on rising supply, muted demand

Shandong (JLC), April 22, 2025--China exported 26,158.62 mt of butanone in March 2025 according to the General Administration of Customs of the PRC, up by 54.85% year on year and 67.15% month on month

04-22-2025 17:03:00

Toluene price in South China falls after rising in Q1 and to go downwards in Q2

Shandong (JLC), April 10, 2025—In the first quarter of 2025, toluene market price in South China fell after rising. While in the second quarter of 2025, amid the rise in toluene supply, tepid downstre

04-10-2025 15:05:17

China MX supply keeps rising in 2024

Shandong (JLC), March 4, 2025--China MX supply extended an uptrend in the previous year, as MX capacity, output together with imports moved upward.

03-04-2025 09:05:01

OX market prices go higher on rising feedstock, warmer demand

Shandong (JLC), January 14, 2025--China OX market prices went higher in early January, largely driving up by rising feedstock prices and warmer demand.

01-15-2025 09:19:24

Caprolactam prices rebound on tighter supply, rising feedstock

Shandong (JLC), January 16, 2025--China caprolactam prices rebounded in early January, largely because of tighter supply, as well as rising feedstock prices.

01-14-2025 12:13:00

Caprolactam prices go down on rising supply, dim demand

Shandong (JLC), September 12, 2024--Caprolactam prices declined in past days of September, in line with rising supply together with dim demand.

09-12-2024 14:03:00

Toluene, MX supply expected to drop on rising maintenance

Shandong (JLC), April 3, 2024--The supply of toluene and MX is predicted to drop during March-May, arising from increasing unit turnarounds.

04-03-2024 17:24:41

China PE supply pick up in Aug with LLDPE supply rising high

Shandong (JLC), October 12, 2023--From January to August 2023, the total domestic PE supply was 25.7023 million mt, an increase of 1.2393 million mt or 5.07% compared to the same period last year.

10-12-2023 17:18:00

China’s MEG prices drop after rising in Sep

Shandong (JLC), October 11, 2023--At the beginning of the month, port sales improved, but inventory was still at a high level, which resulted in high supply pressure. Downstream polyester operating ra

10-11-2023 16:58:00

China styrene prices keep rising in Sep on cost, fundamentals supports

Shandong (JLC), September 18, 2023--Domestic styrene market prices have been on the rise since September due to strong cost and because of healthier fundamentals.

09-18-2023 16:42:38

China's PX imports shrink in H1 on rising self-sufficiency rate

Shandong (JLC), August 16, 2023--In the first half of 2023, three new PX units were put into operation in China, with a total production capacity of 6.2 million mt/yr.

08-16-2023 11:09:00

Caprolactam prices keep rising on tightened supply, cost support

Shandong (JLC), August 14, 2023--Caprolactam prices continued to rise in early August, as the product supply was tight, and feedstock benzene prices moved higher.

08-14-2023 15:46:11

China ABS imports shrink over Jan-Jun on rising output

Shandong (JLC), August 10, 2023--In the first half of 2023, due to the increase in domestic supply and the impact of exchange rates, the imports of ABS significantly shrank.

08-10-2023 17:05:00

China propylene prices fall before rising in July

Shandong (JLC), August 10, 2023--Domestic propylene market prices fell before moving up in July, amid the supply movement.

08-10-2023 09:12:17

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