PP is set to enter 2026 on a slightly firmer note after one of the most bearish years in recent memory. What began as a supply-led rally in early 2025 quickly gave way to a prolonged downside correction, shaped by weak derivative demand, aggressive pricing from new capacities, geopolitical shocks, a US-led tariff war, and rare but abrupt swings in upstream costs...
Europe enters 2026 at a defining moment for its PVC industry. After a year marked by persistent oversupply, depressed consumption, surging Asian imports and deep structural cost disadvantages, the regional market faces its most fragile balance in more than a decade. Despite repeated production cuts, multi-year low prices and heavy rationalization across the chlor-vinyl chain, PVC producers continue to grapple with thin or negative margins, while import dependence and policy uncertainty intensify...
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...
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