EUROPEAN CAR MARKET

Brussels says deadline for China EV price deal has passed / Member states to vote on tariffs next week / BEV market share in EU could jump to nearly 25% next year – study

GERMAN ECONOMY

Government raises economic growth forecast slightly / ifo business climate index for April improves

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY

“The Green Deal needs a business model” / Chemical segment fears for its competitiveness against global competition

HYDROGEN

Big spender Germany ups budget for renewable product / Subsidies for gas-to-hydrogen plants in the offing

PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY

Significant decline in turnover, volume last year / Only very muted expectations for 2024 / Many companies unable to pass on costs

GERMANY

Government postpones plastics packaging tax to 2025

HYDROGEN

Planned network in Germany could form Europe's core / Initial spread of 1,500 km / Cost of EUR 20 bn

LOGISTICS

German bureaucracy protects local port infrastructure from Chinese access / Major French shipping firm plans billion-dollar purchase

PLASTICS AND ENERGY

Germany, Qatar announce LNG deal / Gulf state to supply some 2 mn t/y from 2026 / ConocoPhillips tapped as shipper

PLASTICS AND ENERGY

Germany completes first marine LNG terminal / Questions about speed of build up

K 2022

“If Putin destroys our economy, he will topple our democracy”: Germany's Economics Minister Habeck and Covestro boss Steilemann at “high-level reception” of Kunststoffland NRW

ENERGY

Germany signs Middle East LNG supply deals / First UAE cargoes to be landed by end 2023 / How to replace Russian gas imports?

ROSNEFT

Seized German refineries brace for transformation / Russian response could hit crude supplies to PCK Schwedt, Leuna

K 2022

Plastic industry network to stage high-calibre panel discussion on eve of trade fair

LOGISTICS

Calmer waters: tariff dispute at German seaports settled / China zero-Covid strategy again rattles supply chains / Container freight rates stagnate

NATURAL GAS

Nord Stream 1 closed for maintenance / Concerns that Moscow will end gas shipments to Europe / Could UK cap gas deliveries to the EU? / Rationing this winter?

RAW MATERIALS

Decline in gas deliveries to Germany, France, Italy / Rome considers emergency measures

SHALE GAS

Ineos chief Jim Ratcliffe urges UK government to have a rethink on fracking / Alternative to Russian gas / LNG from the US for Europe

COMMODITY MARKETS

Stopping Russian energy imports could lead to 18 months of recession in Germany / Other economists say consequences would be heavy, but it's doable / Baltic states halt Russian gas deliveries amid war

EDITORIAL

Is a proposed tax on plastics endangering Europe's feedstock industry?