PE Prices and News
SEA PE premiums over China narrow to year’s lowest by Thi Huong Nguyen
Bearish sentiment persisted across PE markets in China and Southeast Asia throughout October, as unfavorable supply-demand fundamentals and eroding upstream costs continued to weigh on sentiment. As of the week ending October 17, both regions recorded rollovers to additional price cuts, driving PE values to fresh multi-year lows in Southeast Asia and bringing China’s import prices to similar territory. The continued weakness on both sides resulted in a sharp narrowing of price differentials between the three main film grades across the two regions... 21-10-2025
India's PP, PE markets battle oversupply with aggressive pricing by Shibu Itty Kuttickal
India’s PP and PE markets have entered a phase of intense, defensive price correction, signaling a challenging environment for domestic producers grappling with oversupply. Major Indian polymer producers have been forced to implement steep, synchronized price cuts, pushing import values toward the lowest points in recent tracking history... 17-10-2025
Vietnam’s local PP, PE markets extend decline amid lingering demand weakness by Thi Huong Nguyen
Vietnam’s domestic polyolefin markets prolonged their downward trajectory during the week ending October 10, trapped in a cycle of weak demand and cautious sentiment. Both PP and PE prices softened further, reaching multi-month or multi-year lows. Converters remained reluctant to replenish stocks amid sluggish end-product demand and expectations of additional price cuts. Meanwhile, supply stayed ample with steady import inflows and Long Son Petrochemicals’ ongoing commercial operations... 14-10-2025
SEA’s LLDPE film loses long-held premium over HDPE amid aggressive US offers by Merve Sezgün
According to data from ChemOrbis Price Index, Southeast Asia’s import LLDPE film market has lost its long-held premium over HDPE film for the first time since July 2024, as LLDPE prices have slumped more sharply under mounting regional and import pressure... 13-10-2025
Bearish PP, PE trend persists in Türkiye: Historical ChemOrbis data offer insights for future by Merve Madakbaşı
Mainstream suppliers introduced fresh price cuts in Türkiye as the final quarter of 2025 began, with persistent financial strains weighing on both resin and downstream markets. A combination of ample supply and a lack of momentum across global markets further dampened sentiment, prompting Turkish buyers to issue lower counterbids this month. Several players stepped away from the market to attend K 2025 in Germany (October 8–15), adding to the slowness... 10-10-2025
Polyethylene (PE) is a product group produced by the conversion of ethylene monomer through a process of polymerization. Polyethylene (PE) is the world's most common plastic in use today. It is divided into three groups: Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)
Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) is used in greenhouse covering materials, stretch and shrink films while Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) is mostly used in packaging and plastic bags. High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), on the other hand, is further divided into film, injection, blow molding and pipe grades and it is used in a variety of products and applications. HDPE film is used in the manufacture of bags and HDPE injection is used in the manufacture of fruit crates. HDPE blow molding is used in the manufacture of cleaning and cosmetic bottles while HDPE pipe is used in infrastructure applications.
When looked at the most important buyer and supplier countries in the Polyethylene (PE) market, the USA tops the list of net PE exporters as it accounts for over 20% of the world’s total PE exports. Although far behind the USA’s share, Singapore, Canada and Belgium follow in the list. China yet again ranks as the biggest importer, accounting for more than 30% of the world’s total PE imports as of 2020. China is followed by relatively smaller markets, such as Türkiye, Italy and Vietnam.
ChemOrbis Polyethylene (PE ) prices and Plastics News section contain information on the market trends, as well as supply-demand factors and production costs that determine the pricing, statistics on imports and exports, along with maintenance shutdowns, restarts, and new capacities related to PE facilities.
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