Located in Otake province, Hiroshima, Daicel Corporation has turnaround plans at Ethyl Acetate (ETAC) and Butyl Acetate (BUTAC) units following a planned shutdown.

Lihuayi Weiyuan located in Shandong, China, has shut down its Phenol and Acetone unit for maintenance turnaround on September 5, 2018.

In Ahmedabad, the price increased from Rs 173/Kg to Rs 174/Kg for Imported Tanker Load. In Mumbai, the price went up from Rs 174.5 to Rs 176/Kg for Imported Tanker Load. 

Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) prices have moved up in the Indian chemical market, on account of increasing demand. According to information received from 

The Indian market witnessed a spike in Butyl Acrylate Monomer prices on various accounts. In this review, the website 

VAM prices in SE Asia and India for September shipments remained low on high competition amongst suppliers due to

Kaneka Corporation situated in Takasago, Japan has announced a maintenance schedule for its PVC plant.

The demand for Methanol during the month in Mumbai was up on the back of increased demand as it is used for  cosmetic and personal care products as a solvent.

Acetone prices in Mumbai gained upward momentum this week in Mumbai market based on short supply of imports and domestic material.

The rupee has fallen nearly 2% this month and more than 12% this year resulted in rising polymer prices in the Indian market.

Located in Austria, Atmosa has resumed it’s Phthalic Anhydride (PAN) production following a planned shutdown.

Chemical players in India are wary of the rupee's sharp depreciation, which is fueling price spikes in the domestic market. 

Located in Inner Mongolia, China, Erdos Xinhang has shut down its MEG plant for a maintenance turnaround.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has increased its basic price of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with the effect from September 8, 2018. 

Acrylonitrile prices found unchanged in the international market on 06, December 2018 with prices in  FE Asia at $2230/MT CFR, in SE Asia at 

Latest chemical tanker load bulk prices for Acetone, C9 Solvent, IPA, Methanol, n-Butanol, Phenol, SM, Toluene, VAM, PG, OX, Octanol,  Acrylonitrile, Acetic Acid, Aniline, BAM, BGE, Butyl Acetate, Butyl Cellosolve,  Cyclohexane, Cyclohexanone, eDEG, Isobutanol, MEG, MEK,, MIBK, MTO, MX, n-Hexane, etc.

CFR China of MEG were assessed flat at the USD 985/mt levels while CFR South East Asia prices of MEG were also assessed steady

SM prices were assessed lower in the international market on Thursday. Reports of softer buying interest in the region 

Ethylene prices were assessed higher in US Gulf mainly on account of improved regional demand trend.

Oil prices fell on Thursday as tropical storm Gordon missed major energy sites, along with a less than expected draw in the US crude inventories.

On Thursday, Phenol prices were steady in SE Asia, China and NW Europe at $1290/MT(CFR), $1395/MT(CFR)

In South East Asia and North East Asia Caustic Soda prices found no change on sluggish demand.

On Thursday, Acetone prices stayed steady due to unchanged demand with prices in SE Asia at $665/MT(CFR), in China

On Wednesday, ABS prices went down mainly on the account of weaker upstream butadiene values and dull demand trends in