PP markets in China and Southeast Asia endured a difficult 2025 despite a brief stable-to-firmer start. Early strength quickly faded as structural weaknesses resurfaced, driving both markets toward 5.5-year lows by December. Against this backdrop, attention now shifts to the forces expected to shape the markets’ direction in 2026...
Egypt has become one of Brazil’s fastest-rising polymer suppliers in 2025, sharply expanding its PP, PE and PVC shipments during January-November, ChemOrbis Stats Wizard reveals. Although volumes remain small compared with the main origins particularly in PP and PE, Egypt’s gains were strong enough to alter Brazil’s supplier rankings across all three polymers...
In Italy, the PE market has shifted direction for the first time in eight months, moving to a stable to firmer trend in December as suppliers managed to pass rollovers to moderate hikes on deals. However, a different picture emerged in Northwest Europe, where PE prices remained mostly stable, although several producers continued to push for hikes on LDPE to recover margins...
The polyethylene market in Türkiye approaches 2026 after a year marked by volatile supply patterns, shifting trade flows, and chronic demand weakness. A brief tightness phase at the start of 2025 quickly gave way to oversupply, aggressive US competition, falling oil markets, and intermittent geopolitical shocks that lifted sentiment only temporarily...
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