After China’s Spring Festival, domestic inventories of some of the major petrochemicals continued to break historical highs, and the 

Asia’s Polystyrene (PS) market is expected to stay bullish in the near term amid buoyant demand and tighter regional spot supply.

The ITC fire in the US Gulf Coast is not expected to affect acetone supply balances despite product not going in or out, while phenol is 

OX prices were assessed flat in the international market. FOB Rotterdam prices of OX were assessed stable at the USD 995/mt levels.

LG Chem is likely to restart its Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) unit located in Daesan, South Korea on April 01, 2019. The unit was shut

Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) prices inched lower in the International market on Monday. Sluggish demand trends pushed PTA 

India's imports of mono ethylene glycol (MEG) fell month on month. MEG is mainly used in the production of polyester fibers, resins, and 

India’s imports of mixed xylene (MX) fell month on month. Mixed xylenes are traded in two grades. The isomer-grade xylene is mainly 

Despite higher upstream energy and ethylene values, methanol prices edged down in Rotterdam, South Korea and China this week.

Prices have reduced significantly in the domestic market. The domestic values have reduced by Rs 6/Kg for bulk quantity at Kandla 

Oversupply continues to weigh on the styrene market, with heavy inventory build-up seen in March and April. Market participants noted 

Oil prices dropped on Friday as concerns of a sharp economic slowdown outweighed supply disruptions from OPEC’s production cutbacks

China’s Shaanxi Yulin Natural Gas Chemicals is likely to shut its Methanol plant located in Yulin, Shaanxi province, China for a planned 

Aromatics unit has brought on-stream by Sinopec Qilu Co following annual maintenance. The company has resumed operations at the

The US polyethylene terephthalate (PET) market is expected to remain sluggish heading into this year’s International Petrochemical

Europe acetone markets may have reached a low point on prices as key feedstock refinery-grade propylene (RGP) has softened, 

The price gain was on the back of stronger import offers from overseas suppliers and bullish upstream values. In South East Asia

India’s January imports of Polycarbonate (PC) rose month on month. PC is mainly used for electronic applications as it is a good

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) announces incentive scheme in High-density Polyethylene (HDPE) HD IM High 50 MA/M75/Low/UV L75, GPBM B56,

Oil prices on Thursday hovered close to 2019 peaks reached the previous day, propped up by supply cuts led by producer club OPEC and

India’s import of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE)

India's imports of linear alkylbenzene (LAB) fell month on month LAB is an organic compound used almost wholly as an intermediate 

India's imports of acrylonitrile (ACN) rose month on month. ACN is used in the production of synthetic fibers for clothing and home 

Polymers demand in India was slow, with buying interest tempered by a myriad of factors ahead of April price announcements, including

India’s imported acetone prices have plunged to the lowest level since its assessment was launched in November 2004, due to ample