POLYMER PRICES

Polyurethane Feedstocks February 2016: All products move downward / MDI and TDI follow aromatics / Steep erosion for polyols as olefins slip / Good availability despite lively demand / Trend may bottom out in March

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Polyurethane Feedstocks January 2016: MDI und TDI give way slightly / Polyols mostly in weak rollover / Demand gathers momentum / Isocyanates could lose further ground

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Polyurethane Feedstocks December 2015: Isocyanates mostly in a weak rollover / Pure MDI trips over imports / Polyols firm / Downturn may have ended / Uptrend likely in January

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Polyurethane Feedstocks November 2015: Slight decreases across the board / Overall demand reasonably good / December will bring another downturn for TDI and rollover for all other materials

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Polyurethane Feedstocks October 2015: Raw materials' slide pressures notations / Hefty rebates / Further deterioration likely in November / Long market and strong demand

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Polyurethane Feedstocks September 2015: Downward trend for all reported materials / Flexible polyols most affected / Further declines likely in October / Demand back to normal

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Polyurethane Feedstocks August 2015: Isocyanate notations begin to crumble / Polyols slip / Weakness in Asia and slump in oil prices make themselves felt / September likely to bring further falls

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Polyurethane Feedstocks July 2015: MDI higher / TDI gives way slightly / Polyols unchanged / Supply fairly long / Demand still relatively strong / Weak rollover for all materials in August?

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Polyurethane Feedstocks June 2015: MDI markedly firmer / TDI still soft amid long supply / Tight ethylene oxide pressures rigid polyols / Upward trend likely to continue into July

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Polyurethane Feedstocks May 2015: Little of producer cost rise passed on / MDI and TDI largely unchanged / Polyols slightly higher / Weak demand in holiday-rich month / Steep rises seen for June

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Polyurethane Feedstocks April 2015: TDI points upward despite raw materials rollover / MDI firms slightly / Polyols stable / Sharp rise in production costs could push May prices higher

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Polyurethane Feedstocks March 2015: Prices mostly stable or pointing down slightly / Notations likely to rise in April

POLYMER PRICES

Polyurethane Feedstocks February 2015: Declines, some of them substantial, across the board / Supply normal to long / Downswing likely to bottom out in March

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Polyurethane Feedstocks January 2015: All materials except rigid polyols follow feedstocks downward / Demand revives only slowly / Further deterioration expected in February

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Polyurethane Feedstocks December 2014: MDI declines slightly / TDI rolls over / Polyols stable / PO tightness eases / More corrections likely / Demand slack at year end

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Polyurethane feedstocks November 2014: Moerdijk shortfall pushes polyols up / Propylene oxide extremely tight / MDI und TDI softer / Aromatics slide not yet reflected / Corrections likely

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Polyurethane Feedstocks October 2014: Little price movement / MDI gives up slight ground / TDI uneven / Polyols mostly stable / Standstill in Moerdijk makes the market jittery

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Polyurethane Feedstocks September 2014: Both MDI grades lose ground / TDI firmer despite toluene's fall / Polyols react to PO outage in The Netherlands / Only polyols now pointing upward

POLYMER PRICES

Polyurethane feedstocks August 2014: MDI loses ground / Notations for TDI and flexible polyols rise / Summer holidays depress demand / Little scope for rebates in September

POLYMER PRICES

Polyurethane feedstocks July 2014: Only MDI remains stable / TDI and polyols make gains / Upward pressure persists / Moerdijk outage still being felt