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China March carbon black imports and exports both grow YoY

Shandong (JLC), April 29, 2025--In March 2025, China imported 46,189.851 mt of carbon black, up by 62.52 % YoY and 27.03% MoM.

04-29-2025 17:36:48

China's reclaimed rubber eyes growth in Dec imports and exports

Shandong (JLC), January 23, 2025—Both China's imports and exports of reclaimed rubber witnessed growth on a year-on-year and month-on-month basis in December 2024.

01-23-2025 09:55:16

China’s butadiene capacity expected to grow in H2

Shandong (JLC), June 18, 2021--Chinese butadiene capacity is anticipated to increase in the second half of the year, largely because three more producers will bring their newly-added units into operation.

06-18-2021 15:30:43

Imported latex prices soft on weak demand, growing supply

The price of imported latex price in China is softening amid weak demand and expected-to-increase supply.

04-27-2021 17:08:48

China Feb butadiene prices jump on growing EXW price

Shandong (JLC), March 5, 2021--China’s butadiene market prices jumped in February, attributed to growing EXW offers.

03-05-2021 17:14:31

Growth deceleration in China’s automobile market to weaken support to rubber market

The deceleration in China’s automobile production and sales growth is likely to weaken the support to the natural rubber market.

01-25-2021 17:52:42

China Nov NR imports rise on growing domestic demand

China’s imports of natural rubber (including latex, compounded rubber and mixed rubber) grew in November 2020, both year on year and month on month as domestic demand picked up and supply from Southeast Asia increased.

01-06-2021 16:53:45

China’s butyl rubber output grows 12.65% in 2020

Beijing (JLC), December 30, 2020--China’s total butyl rubber output was expected to reach 178,000 mt in 2020, up by 12.65% year on year (YoY), 30,400 mt of which was regular butyl rubber and the rest 147,600 mt Halogenated butyl rubber (HIIR).

12-30-2020 15:57:35

Malaysia’s rubber gloves industry to speed up growth after epidemic

Shandong (JLC), July 24, 2020--Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (MGRGMA) said on July 20 that the rubber gloves industry was expected to speed up to growth even after the COVID-19 pandemic though the speed might be lower than current level.

07-24-2020 17:46:41

Acrylonitrile capacity grows faster while the demand fails to follow (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), July 30, 2019--China’s acrylonitrile industry saw rapid capacity expansion in recent years, but growth of downstream demand was relatively slow.

07-30-2019 15:39:26

Acrylonitrile capacity grows faster while the demand fails to follow (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), July 30, 2019--China’s acrylonitrile industry saw rapid capacity expansion in recent years, but growth of downstream demand was relatively slow.

07-30-2019 15:36:26

Acrylic acid prices likely to see slow growth in March

Acrylic acid prices will rise slowly in March dragged down by falling feedstock prices, despite expectations of rallied demand.

03-01-2019 15:21:58

Acrylonitrile capacity growth will speed up in future years

Shandong (JLC), October 24, 2018--- China’s acrylonitrile import volume reduced as acrylonitrile capacity growth accelerated. In recent two years, short supply and rebounding prices triggered the revival of the acrylonitrile industry in China.

10-24-2018 16:16:06

Steady economic growth underpins the bullish PE market

The overall national economy in 2016 was in steady progress. China’s GDP in the third quarter grew by 6.7% on-year, keeping steady from last two quarters.

10-24-2016 16:13:20

LDPE may have limited growth amid increasing supply

Let’s have a review on the “rough road” of LDPE in recent three years.

10-24-2016 11:42:09

Macro economic growth offers support for PE market

Plastic price went up continuously after the National Day Holiday and the transaction was average because traders were in active sentiments when terminal companies made procurement on rigid demand under high price. The overall situation was optimistic amid the upward macro index in recent.

10-21-2016 17:55:13

SBR market growth to be capped in short term, still with a bullish long-term outlook

After consecutive upward adjustments since late February, SBR's EXW price has reached CNY9,700/mt, an increase of CNY1,000/mt against that in mid-February.

03-14-2016 10:17:06

A 9.5% growth of added value of chemical feedstock and product in October

According to data delivered by the National Bureau of Statistics, in October, industrial added value of enterprises above certain scale increased by 5.6% on-year, up by 0.46% than in September.

11-13-2015 17:05:51

China Q2 GDP Growth Accelerates to 7.5 pct

China’s GDP expanded by 2% in the second quarter from the previous quarter in 2014, giving the country a 7.5% increase on an annual basis from the previous quarter's 7.4%, according to the latest data released by National Bureau of Statistics.

09-03-2014 15:41:42

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