PP Prices and News
ChemOrbis Global Petrochemicals Conference ’25 highlights shifting trade winds and rising restructuring wave by ChemOrbis Editorial Team
The ChemOrbis Global Petrochemicals Conference ’25, held on September 18, 2025, at the Four Seasons Bosphorus Hotel in Istanbul, brought together senior executives, petrochemical producers, traders and converters as well as market experts to discuss how global polymer markets are evolving under the weight of new capacities, tariffs, shifting trade rules, and of course the rising need for restructuring... 22-09-2025
Vietnam’s import PP market hits multi-year lows, PE stays under US-origin pressure by Thi Huong Nguyen
Vietnam’s PP and PE markets remained on a weak footing over the week ending September 12, as sellers issued fresh discounts to stimulate sluggish demand. Despite limited supply in HDPE and LDPE film, the abundance of competitively priced imports, particularly from the US, continued to weigh on sentiment... 16-09-2025
PPH hits around 5-year lows across global markets by Manolya Tufan
Key PPH markets in the Middle East and Asia are retreating to levels not seen since the early pandemic era. Despite September being a typical peak-demand period, prolonged oversupply, subdued buying, and structurally weak global demand—particularly in automotive and durable goods sectors—have kept prices under pressure. China’s sluggish domestic consumption and rising self-sufficiency amid new capacity additions have further weighed on global sentiment, feeding into weakness across other regions... 12-09-2025
China PP prices extend losses despite start of peak season by Elif Sevde Yalçın
China’s PP market extended its losses this week, as oversupply and weak downstream consumption outweighed firmer upstream costs. Despite the traditional “Golden September, Silver October” demand season now underway, players said the expected recovery in buying appetite has yet to materialize, keeping sentiment depressed... 05-09-2025
From fears of retaliation to duty-free access: US polymers eye new gains in Europe by Esra Ersöz
Just months ago, US polymer exporters faced the prospect of fresh EU retaliation and were already weighed down by a 6.5% customs duty. Those concerns have now evaporated, with Brussels proposing to eliminate tariffs altogether —a move that, if approved, could unlock new growth opportunities for US producers not only in PE, but also in PP and engineering plastics... 02-09-2025
Polypropylene (PP) is a product group produced by the conversion of propylene monomer through a process of polymerization. Polypropylene (PP) is the world's second largest polymer in terms of consumption. There are two main types of PP: Homo-PP and PP Copolymer.
Homo-PP (PPH) is further divided into various grades, such as raffia, injection, fiber, film, BOPP and non-woven. Homo-PP is used in various applications, such as sacks, gift wraps, carpet yarns, kitchenware, automotive parts, food packaging, sanitary pads, diapers and wet wipes. PP Copolymer, which is made more durable by the addition of ethylene monomer during the conversion process, is used in household appliances, automotive and electrical parts and pipe applications.
Looking at the most important net buyer and supplier countries in the polypropylene (PP) market, China stands at the top of the list of importing countries. As of 2020, China alone realizes 25% of the world’s total PP imports. China is followed by Türkiye, which imports 10% of the world’s total PP production, while Italy occupies the third place in rankings. South Korea, Malaysia and Germany comprise the top three main PP suppliers.
ChemOrbis Polypropylene (PP) 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 PP facilities.
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