TRINSEO

Styrenics group aims to raise prices for PS, ABS, SAN

POLYMER PRICES

Polypropylene November: Propylene contract drags down prices for polymer / Sluggish demand, inexpensive imports cause pressure / No improvement in December

POLYMER PRICES

Polyethylene November: Prices slide again / Weak demand, low capacity utilisation / No improvement expected in short month of December

POLYMER PRICES

Styrenics November: Eight-month slump depresses prices to their lowest level since early 2021 / Downward trend likely to end in December

POLYMER PRICES

Feedstocks November/December

POLYMER PRICES

Styrene December: Contract price rises again for first time in eight months

POLYMER PRICES

PET November: Market still at rock bottom / Little change in December / Expectations highly subdued for 2026 as well

POLYMER PRICES

PVC November: Quotations give way / Important price adjustment at turn of year: NMA

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Benzene December: Reference rises again

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Propylene December: Like ethylene, contract rolls over

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Paraxylene November: First price hike since June

POLYMER PRICES

Ethylene December: Contract rolls over

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Butadiene December: Downward trend remains intact

POLYMER PRICES

Polyurethane feedstocks November: Prices on the decline / No demand impulses at end of year / Processors plan extended Christmas breaks

POLYMER PRICES

Engineering recyclate November: Stock-cutting measures by producers and converters keep prices down / No demand stimulus anywhere

PIE SPOT PRICES

European producers clear year-end inventories with special offers / Polymer prices close to bottoming out

POLYMER PRICES

Standard recyclate November: Situation remains challenging for recyclers / Prices move sideways / No recovery expected before year-end

POLYMER PRICES

China engineering thermoplastics October: Prices mostly trend lower on weak downstream demand / Only PMMA higher on stable ordering, rising feedstock costs / Quotations seen moving sideways to lower in November

POLYMER PRICES

Standard thermoplastics trend November: Most prices follow monomer reductions / Demand remains weak

POLYMER PRICE FORECASTS

Oil market, plant utilisation don't point towards improvement by end of year