22 May 2023
Surprisingly, converters in the packaging sector started seeing an improvement in finished goods demand, particularly for LLDPE rolls, which is contributed to the post-holiday restocking
Market sources said that trading activities come close to zero even after the latest reductions and the smaller-than-usual built-up in local stocks.
Despite auction prices for coal-based homo-PP diving below the CNY7000/ton threshold, deals concluded are less than 1% of the total volume.
19 May 2023
Despite reducing prices to compensate for the fragile state of the market, weak export and local demand remained which forced Zhongjing Petrochemical to step back on offer...
18 May 2023
Trading activities in the domestic spot market remain subdued toward the end of the week and signs of a stabilising futures market failed to stimulate any buying interest.
After witnessing resistance from customers in the previous session, Shenhua lowers their deal prices for homo-PP by as much as CNY140/ton today, leading to a visible uptick in transactions.
17 May 2023
The three consecutive weeks of sharp decline in the local market, which coupled with the depreciating Chinese Yuan against the US dollar obviously put tremendous pressure on international suppliers.
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