Polymer Prices

Polyethylene September 2023 Price Review

Despite the rollover with the ethylene feedstock, initial offers in August from European producers were for increases around the €100 ($107) per tonne mark. Converters refused to go along with this. Later in the month, however, producers increasingly insisted on price hikes, even if it meant that they nipped a lot of the ordering in the bud. In eastern Europe, prices fell – in...

Polypropylene September 2023 Price Review

It looks as if the price upswing for PP has bottomed out. With the propylene rollover, European prices for the polymer in August for the most part were flat at the July level. In the first part of the month, converters were able to parry producers’ attempts to raise prices and in view of the soft demand could even negotiate minor rebates. However, in...

Styrenics September 2023 Price Review

Styrenics prices in Europe turned upwards again in August, putting an end to the downward trend of the past months. The price reversal was...

PET September 2023 Price Review

In August, the impression that the European PET market was bottoming out gained further credence. Demand still remained subdued for the traditional height of...