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China’s polyester yarn market extends downtrend through May

Shandong (JLC), May 26, 2026--China’s polyester yarn market continued softening in late May, due to weak cost support, sluggish demand and ample supply.

05-27-2026 15:39:40

Polyester filament yarn demand to improve in Jun-Jul

Shandong (JLC), May 27, 2026 – Polyester filament yarn demand will improve in June-July, because polyester filament yarn exports will be high with easing of China-US relations and domestic weaving ent

05-27-2026 10:37:00

Polyester chip market prices to move sideways in May

Shandong (JLC), May 14, 2026--Polyester chip prices moved in a range in April, caught between cost support and weak demand. The range-bound trend is expected to continue in May.

05-14-2026 17:21:00

China polyester yarn steady as Mideast tensions lift costs, demand lags

Shandong (JLC), March 11, 2026—The Israel-Iran conflict has transmitted cost-push pressures to China's polyester yarn sector via rising crude oil prices, driving a stable yet strengthening market, tho

03-11-2026 14:07:17

Polyester chip prices to move sideways in February

Shandong (JLC), February 14, 2026--Polyester chip prices rose with fluctuations in January, pushing the monthly average higher. In February, the market is projected to move sideways.

02-14-2026 11:54:54

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

PTA demand turns weak on polyester unit maintenance

Shandong (JLC), September 26, 2023--PTA market demand dropped in late September, as downstream polyester producers conducted maintenance or cut production affected by the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

09-26-2023 16:18:53

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

Polyester staple fiber prices remain low, despite high costs

Shandong (JLC), March 23, 2023—China’s polyester staple fiber prices maintained low levels amid weak demand and low processing fees, despite high costs.

03-23-2023 17:44:49

China polyester prices fall on lower crude prices

Shandong (JLC) March 15, 2023---In the traditional peak demand season, China polyester prices did not see a rise amid continuous decline in crude prices.

03-16-2023 16:00:00

China polyester capacity eyes uptrend in 2022

Shandong (JLC), February 20, 2023--China polyester capacity continued to increase in 2022, as many more producers endeavored to bring their units online, given fast development of textile industry an

02-20-2023 14:35:44

Polyester unit operating rate down on maintenance

Shandong (JLC), November 22, 2022--The operating rate of polyester producers moved down in the week to November 17, largely several producers shut units down.

11-22-2022 11:08:59

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

Tongkun Group to bring online its polyester project in Oct

Shandong (JLC), August 16, 2022--Hengchao Chemical and Fiber under Tongkun Group in Zhejiang is expected to put its 600,000 mt/yr polyester project into operation in October, market sources said.

08-16-2022 16:17:17

China polyester staple fiber prices go up in H1 2022, to fall after rising in H2 2022

Shandong (JLC), July 21, 2022--China polyester staple fiber prices have risen in the first half of 2022 (H1 2022), but those will fell after rising in the second half of 2022 (H2 2022).

07-21-2022 18:11:00

Polyester sector run rate dragged by power rationing

Shandong (JLC), July 19, 2022--Polyester producers in east China had to cut operating rates lately in a response to the government’s power rationing policy.

07-19-2022 15:30:23

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

1Q 2022 polyester filament exports analysis

As of March, China polyester filament market export volume saw substantial decline. From January to March 2022, China exported a total of 780,560mt of polyester filament, down by 9.62 percentage point

04-27-2022 13:40:28

Polyester unit run rate down in late April

Shandong (JLC), April 24, 2022--Operating rates of China polyester producers moved down in late April amid production cut and weaker demand.

04-24-2022 10:56:49

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