10 Jan 2022
Chinese bidders appear less interested in making replenishment on the first trading day of the week, reflected in the disappointing percentage of deals for homo-PP
Market sources said that the flare up in COVID-19 infection cases and the strict environment control measures might impact the production activities in January this year.
For the second time since the beginning of January, a key local producer in Indonesia implemented increases on spot PP cargoes citing the tightening availability
There are no supports for a rebound in the coming weeks, hence, customers are not in rush to book large purchases
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Abundant supply in the Fareast Asia region amid the dwindling demand from the downstream markets pressure prices lower and forcing key steam cracker operators to slash run rates to 80-90% this week.
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Sources said that the producer also allocated large homo-PP cargoes to the auction platform to deplete more quantity before the long Lunar New Year holiday.
Large-scale buyers are turning to the import market to make additional replenishment while small to medium-scale buyers would only buy hand-to-mouth amid the sluggish end-product businesses.
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