BOPET FILMS

Global capacity to exceed 10 mn t/y / Asia acts as growth engine with China, India / Packaging, electronics serve as main drivers / Technology still comes from Germany

POLYMER PRICES

China Engineering Thermoplastics April 2019: Most notations decrease / PC, PA 6.6 and PMMA pointing downwards in May

PET

US authorities impose preliminary anti-dumping duties on PET imports from Canada, China, India and Oman / Chinese producers slapped with highest tariffs

POLYMER PRICES

China Standard Thermoplastics February/March 2013: Production slowly returns to normal following New Year holidays / Feedstock and polymer notations weak / Widely expected post-holiday run fails to materialise / Highly dependent on styrene imports

CHINA PET MARKET

Close to 12m t turned out in 2011 / Price of chip exports abroad down year-on-year / First PET resin line installed in 1990 / New capacity expansion wave underway