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Taiwanese producer hikes PVC offers for fifth straight round; caution brisk and prevalent
22 Sep 2026 The move, announced on 22 September, extends a run of five consecutive hikes and underscores how tightly regional offers are now tracking upstream cost pressure rather than downstream demand.
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22 Sep 2026

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Statistics: China’s August PE apparent consumption tops 3.1M tons as ag-film surge masks margin rift

China’s apparent PE consumption rose to 3.10 million tons in August 2026, up 1.5% month-on-month (+47,300 tons) to mark its highest level since the first quarter.
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22 Sep 2026

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Shenhua Auction: Complete PE buyer strike pulls clearance to 67.7% despite discounted PP uptake

Deal activity was defined by an extreme product split: a complete buyer strike across all PE offerings contrasted with resilient, heavily discounted PP absorption.
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22 Sep 2026

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Malaysian major set for October PP & PE price hike as supply strained and costs bite, but buyers stay guarded

The supply picture underpinning that direction is a genuinely constrained one and not merely cautious positioning and cost dynamics have reinforced rather than driven that trajectory.
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22 Sep 2026

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China Morning Snapshot – 22 September 2026

The soft futures tone traces back to crude, which fell for a fourth consecutive session on Monday to its lowest level in 12 days.
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21 Sep 2026

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Supply crunch drives China LDPE film to 4.5-year high; buyers push back

The roots of the shortage lie in China’s import dependence. LDPE remains one of the few PE segments still recording import growth, as local capacity additions have lagged those of other grades
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21 Sep 2026

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Statistics: China's PP market consolidates domestically in August as export channels stay constrained

Domestic production has strengthened for four straight months, exports are sliding for a fifth, and imports have pulled back after a brief rebound — a combination that points to a market recalibrating around tighter logistics and a slowly rebuilding operating base rather than a clean recovery in demand.
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21 Sep 2026

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Shenhua Auction: Deep spot discounts unlock 1,857 tons as pre-holiday shipping window narrows

Sales velocity was driven by significant discounts against prevailing domestic spot offers, triggering urgent hand-to-mouth buying as converters entered their final pre-holiday logistics window.
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