SOCAR / PETKIM

Strategy calls for further polyolefin plants in Turkey / Decision to be made in 2026

PVC

Relabelling and misdeclaration: Is Turkey evading EU punitive tariffs on PVC imports from US and Egypt?

TURKEY

Investments planned to boost domestic PP output / Projects due online from 2025 onwards

PETKIM

Turkish polymer producer shows no signs of recovery / Operating figures deep in the red in Q1

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PVC: Explosion at Petkim in Turkey / Firmer prices possible for Europe

PETKIM

Q1 net profit nearly doubles as revenues soar 127% / Sales volumes drop 7%

PVC

Turkey extends anti-dumping tariffs for shipments from Germany, US

TURKEY

Ankara reverses import ban on PE waste / Stricter oversight of recyclers

TURKEY

Processed polymer volume declined in 2020 / Packaging and white goods make up ground / Positive but shaky outlook for 2021 / Associations vehemently oppose import ban on plastic waste from Europe

TURKEY

Boycott of virgin resin leads to lower prices for material – Pagev / Processors question timing of plastics production shutdowns

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyethylene: Full shutdown of Saudi Arabian olefin complex in Al Jubail / Prices react to outage

TURKEY

PVC imports by weight seen up over 9% in 2020 / Domestic production volume set to drop more than 10% / PVC foreign trade deficit forecast to rise

TURKEY

PE and PP import dependency to reduce by 2023 as new capacities start up / Demand and import volumes forecast to rise in 2020 / Foreign trade deficit set to widen

SASA POLYESTER

Signs investment deal with Koch / 1.5m t/y PTA plant to start up in Turkey in 2022

PVC

Turkey initiates new anti-dumping investigation on imports from Germany and the US

PETKIM

Higher expenditures and currency losses drag Q1 net income into red territory / Q1 production up 2%

TURKEY

Demand and foreign trade for polyolefins decline in 2018 / New capacities planned by 2023 to reduce reliance on imports

TURKEY

PVC consumption heavily reliant on imports / Domestic production from sole plant in Aliaga

SOCAR

Agreement with BP to explore petrochemicals JV in Turkey / Giant refinery inaugurated in Aliaga

PETKIM

Net profit up nearly two-fold in 2017 / Turkish petchem group names Murad Abdullayev as deputy general for digitalisation

TURKEY

Plastics sector fraught with structural difficulties / Dependence on imported raw materials / Private investments remain low / Upturn through economic stimulus programme / Pagev association demands removal of trade barriers

PETKIM

CEO Saadettin Korkut steps down / Manager's arrest said to be connected to Turkey's state of emergency

TURKEY

Plastics industry slowly starts to grow again / Gains still fall short of expectations / Europe's second largest processing country / Few changes on the imports front / Pagev highlights the need to improve competitiveness

TURKEY

Plastics Rubber and Composites Sector Assembly established / Legal platform to serve the industry / Pagev's Yavuz Eroglu elected first chairman

ANNUAL REVIEW 2015

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