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China’s caprolactam prices rally in Q1 on cost pressures, supply cuts

Shandong (JLC), April 16, 2026--China’s caprolactam market exhibited a volatile upward trend in Q1 2026 driven by cost pressures and supply tightening .

04-16-2026 15:50:18

Q2 PSF market trapped between cost pressure and demand stagnation

Shandong (JLC), April 14, 2026--China’s PSF market remains caught between stubborn cost pressures and lackluster demand in Q2, with limited upside potential and no clear trend in sight.

04-14-2026 16:48:22

East China propylene prices hold steady on supply crunch, cost pressures

Shandong (JLC), February 10, 2026—Recently, the East China propylene market saw weak supply and demand fundamentals; however, prices remained resilient due to cost support and tight spot availability,

02-10-2026 15:56:09

China DAP prices firm on cost pressures, tight supply

Shandong (JLC), November 20, 2025—Amid high feedstock costs and tightening supply—yet weak demand—China's diammonium phosphate (DAP) market in November 2025 registered gains.

11-20-2025 16:48:29

PTA producers facing losses since 2024 on cost pressures

Shandong (JLC), February 27, 2025--The PTA market, undermined by costs, has seen enterprise losses persist since 2024.

02-28-2025 11:01:00

China PTA experiences loss in 2023 amid cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), December 28, 2023—China PTA producers experienced a loss in 2023 amid cost pressure.

12-28-2023 17:13:23

China styrene losses linger on high cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), August 24, 2023—China styrene producers extended losses amid rising feedstock prices.

08-24-2023 17:40:07

ABS/PS/EPS market lackluster on thin demand, cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), August 22, 2023--ABS, PS and EPS market was all lackluster in past days of August, on account of pressure of high cost together with thin demand.

08-22-2023 15:03:13

Independents' refining margins surge as cost pressure reduces

Guangzhou (JLC), August 10, 2022--Shandong-based independent refiners’ refining margins soared rapidly this week, with those for imported crude turning positive again, mainly as a result of a slump in

08-10-2022 19:17:21

Shandong independents' refining margins stay negative under cost pressure

Guangzhou (JLC), Jun 15, 2022--Shandong-based independent refiners’ refining margins were still negative on high costs this week when crude prices recorded another uptick due to supply concerns.

06-15-2022 20:00:38

Caprolactam losses intensify under high cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), March 28, 2022--Since late February, the upstream benzene market has gradually risen to a high level, while caprolactam has been dragged down by weak demand, and the market growth rate

03-28-2022 17:16:00

China to release crude reserves to relieve cost pressure

Beijing (JLC), September 10, 2021--China is going to release crude stocks in the reserves in batches to deal with increasing cost of feedstocks for domestic enterprises, the State Bureau of Grain and Material Reserves reported on its website on September 9th.

09-10-2021 09:44:48

Hydrogenated benzene price rise on weighted cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), July 14, 2020--The hydrogenated benzene market price in China rallied from lows in the week ended July 10 amid the weighted cost pressure that also contributed to the shrink in supply, pushing the price up under cascading effect.

07-14-2020 17:39:12

China hydrogenated benzene producer faces cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), June 11, 2020--China hydrogenated benzene producers suffered cost pressure as rises in hydrogenated benzene prices were smaller than those in feedstock crude benzene prices.

06-11-2020 16:14:10

Epoxy resin prices stay high on cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), May 25, 2020--As of May 22, China phenol producers enjoyed fat profits of CNY1,700/mt, although the demand from downstream users was weak.

05-25-2020 08:34:59

Hydrogenated benzene producers faces cost pressure

Shandong (JLC), April 27, 2020--As of April 26, China’s hydrogenated benzene producers suffered losses of CNY100-150/mt amid relatively high feedstock crude benzene prices.

04-27-2020 15:59:41

Hydrogenated benzene market suffers cost pressure

China hydrogenated benzene producers suffers poor profits in light of the high prices of crude benzene.

11-20-2019 15:39:19

Shanghai Petrochemical buys more sweet crude to ease cost pressures

Beijing (JLC), May 17, 2019--Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical is buying more low-sulfur crude in a bid to ease the impact of crude oil price fluctuations, Sinopec said on Thursday.

05-17-2019 17:51:31

China synthetic rubber cost pressure will mitigate

07-12-2018 10:33:43

High cost pressure drags down operating rate of PS industry

From end-May to early June, a surge in styrene price drove up the cost pressure on PS, making China PS companies cut output or shut units down.

06-27-2018 17:55:31

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