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China’s PSF industry saw diverging performance amid market weakness in H1 2026

Shandong (JLC), September 16, 2026--China’s PSF industry remained weak in H1 2026, with diverging performance across producers.

09-16-2026 16:06:22

PTA industry sees lower social inventory and widening basis

Shandong (JLC), August 26, 2026—In China, PTA supply remained tight due to relatively low operating rates, which reached as low as 51.08% on August 8, amid concentrated unit maintenance and production

08-26-2026 14:54:20

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

PSF industry chain margins review in 2024

Shandong (JLC), December 26, 2024--Theoretical margins of polyester staple fiber (PSF) in 2024 showed ups and downs, marking an increase on a year-on-year comparison.

12-26-2024 16:32:48

China PTA industry operating rate and output up

Shandong (JLC), April 16, 2024--The operating rate of PTA industry remained at a high level in the first quarter of 2024 amid robust downstream demand and recovering macro-economy.

04-16-2024 14:51:00

PTA industry chain supply may remain high in Aug

Shandong (JLC), August 8, 2023--The supply of PTA industry chain industry including PX, polyester and weaving sectors will possibly remain high in August, partially because of restarts of previously

08-08-2023 17:31:33

Polyester industry chain inventory largely down in Apr

Shandong (JLC), May 22, 2023--The inventory of polyester industry chain products including PX, PTA, PET bottle chip and polyester filament yarn (PFY) dropped on the whole in April.

05-22-2023 15:06:19

Polyester industry chain inventory shows mixed trend in March

Shandong (JLC), April 11, 2023--The inventory of polyester industry chain products showed mixed trend in March, with PX inventory up, while the inventory of PTA and PET bottle chip, etc moved downwar

04-11-2023 11:37:54

Turkey earthquake has little impact on China's chemical fiber industry chain

Shandong (JLC), February 10, 2023—Turkey earthquake has little impact on China's chemical fiber industry chain.

02-10-2023 14:41:20

China PET staple fiber industry highlights in 2022

Shandong (JLC), December 6, 2022--The following summarized the highlights of China’s PET staple fiber industry in 2022.

12-06-2022 14:01:00

PTA industry chain profits lower except PET bottle chip

Shandong (JLC), November 30, 2022—China’s PTA industry chain profits fell for all products except for PET bottle chip, which remained profitable.

11-30-2022 17:06:57

Post-holiday polyester industry chain market turns robust

Shandong (JLC), October 10, 2022--China polyester industry chain product prices moved up on the whole after National Day holiday (October 1-7), as crude prices moved higher.

10-10-2022 16:49:30

China acrylonitrile industry still in oversupply

Shandong (JLC), September 21, 2022--China acrylonitrile industry was still in oversupply amid rising capacity, but persistently slack demand.

09-21-2022 10:24:27

Polyester industry chain declines during June 13-17

Shandong (JLC), June 20, 2022---The overall prices of polyester industry chain declined during June 13-17 due to weakened feedstock support and slipped crude value.

06-20-2022 16:00:00

Acrylonitrile downstream industry development shows mixed trend

Shandong (JLC), April 28, 2022--Acrylonitrile is mainly consumed in ABS, acrylamide, NBR, acrylic fibers and fine chemical sectors, and these downstream industry presented different trend in 2021.

04-28-2022 11:22:12

Chemical fiber industry market robust in early Feb

Shandong (JLC), February 10, 2022--Prices of chemical fiber industry chain products moved up after the public holiday for Chinese Lunar New Year (January 31-February 7), largely because of a hike in

02-10-2022 00:00:00

Recent chemical accident to affect methanol industry chain industries (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), July 22, 2019--An explosion occurred at Henan Yima Gasification Plant on July, which would exert bearish impacts on methanol and downstream industries.

07-22-2019 17:02:00

Recent chemical accident to affect methanol industry chain industries (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), July 22, 2019--An explosion occurred at Henan Yima Gasification Plant on July, which would exert bearish impacts on methanol and downstream industries.

07-22-2019 17:00:37

Gas plant blast impacts Henan methanol industry chain

Shandong (JLC), July 19, 2019--The C air separation unit at Yima Gas Factory of Henan Coal Gas (Group) in Sanmenxia, Henan province exploded at around 5:45 pm on July 19, according to the municipal government of Sanmenxia city.

07-22-2019 14:25:36

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