The Shenhua Auction platform is approaching the end of its monthly sales with notably limited volumes of LLDPE available. Despite a marginal recovery in the Dalian Commodity Exchange, purchasing activity has been lacklustre, as a significant portion of market participants have exited ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.
According to a notification from the producer to Vietnamese customers, four LLDPE production lines at its petrochemical complexes in Saudi Arabia have been taken offline due to technical issues, with no specified timeline for resumption.
Trading activity in the Vietnamese homo-PP market gained momentum in the days leading up to the Lunar New Year holiday, which runs from January 25 to February 3, 2025. Buyers cautiously resumed last-minute restocking, spurred by the availability of competitively priced parcels