Styrenics

Styrenics March 2023 Price Review

February was quite unspectacular and almost silent. After the modest €10/t ($11) increase in the styrene reference, no price spikes were expected either way. By consequence, a cost pass-through or rollover was at the centre of polystyrene (PS) and expanded PS price discussions at the beginning of February. As the month progressed, however, weak demand increasingly put pressure on prices, adding a sprinkle of slight...

Styrenics February 2023 Price Review

Styrenics prices have bottomed out. In January 2023, prices for polystyrene (PS) and expanded PS increased for the first time in six months in the wake of the increased styrene reference contract. Although demand improved compared with the extremely weak December, it was still quite subdued, with inventory restocking at the start of the year turning out noticeably lower than expected. Given the abundant availability...

Styrenics January 2023 Price Review

The bottom has probably been reached – at least for the time being. In December, styrenics prices dropped severely again after the styrene reference...

Styrenics December 2022 Price Review

The trend of the past months was extended in November, when styrenics prices declined once more. This came despite the fact that the styrene...

Styrenics November 2022 Price Review

Styrenics prices dropped again in October, disregarding the slight increase in the styrene reference (up €9/t). This is because producers took the recent threatened...

Styrenics October 2022 Price Review

In September, as in August, styrenics prices continued their nosedive. In the slipstream of the renewed drop in the styrene monomer reference (down €287/$278t),...

Styrenics September 2022 Price Review

After the €509/t ($512) crash of the styrene reference, it was already clear in early August that prices for styrenics would follow. The discounts...

Styrenics August 2022 Price Review

Prices for styrenics peaked in July 2022. The increase in the styrene reference at the start of the third quarter pushed prices for polystyrene...

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