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PetroChina exports nitrile rubber to Europe for first time

Guangzhou (JLC), September 29, 2025--A train carrying PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical's nitrile rubber departed for Europe on September 27.

09-29-2025 18:22:46

China’s Aug bottle-grade PET exports fall

Shandong (JLC), September 25, 2025--China exported 520,700 mt of bottle-grade PET in August 2025, down by 58,900 mt month on month and 10.15% year on year, with an average price at $788.7934/mt.

09-25-2025 14:34:56

China’s Aug fiber-grade PET exports hit a yearly high

Shandong (JLC), September 25, 2025--China’s fiber-grade polyester (PET) exports hit 113,012 mt in August, up 6.25% from July and 4.86% from a year earlier.

09-25-2025 13:47:16

China spot PP market fails to gain momentum in peak season

Shandong (JLC), September 18, 2025--Since entering September, the traditional demand peak season has not driven the industry to improve in a timely manner. In the first half of the month, the PP main

09-18-2025 11:08:00

China’s POM market sees high operating rates, muted demand

Shandong (JLC), September 17, 2025--China’s POM plants ran at consistently high operating rates at 83%, underscoring robust production capacity. Yet the industry was simultaneously grappling with tepi

09-17-2025 16:08:14

Operating rate of China’s styrene unit plunges, while that of main downstream producers increases

The operating rate of China’s styrene unit plunged due to the shutdown of some main units, while the operating rate of main downstream producers, EPS, ABS and PS, increased in different degree.

09-16-2025 17:17:53

China PTA operating rate and output analysis for Aug

Shandong (JLC), September 16, 2025--In August, China’s PTA units ran on average at 75.6% of name-plate capacity, 4.28 percentage points lower than in July, with the output at 6.09 million mt.

09-16-2025 16:05:24

China PE prices to gain on healthy fundamentals

Shandong (JLC), September 16, 2025--China’s polyethylene (PE) price is expected to edge higher in the second half of September amid healthy fundamentals.

09-16-2025 10:03:00

Xizhong Island's first 10,000-dwt terminal opens for business

Guangzhou (JLC), September 12, 2025--A liquid terminal at Dalian Changxing Island (Xizhong Island) Petrochemical Industrial Base saw the completion of its first cargo unloading on September 10.

09-12-2025 18:16:04

A decade of PE trade shifts and China’s export outlook

Shandong (JLC), September 10, 2025--Over the past decade, as domestic capacity was steadily ramped up and moved upmarket, imports fell in structural terms, while exports, buoyed by technical upgrades

09-10-2025 16:01:56

China styrene output peaks in Aug, Sept dip expected

Shandong (JLC), September 10, 2025—In August, China's styrene industry operating rate hit a yearly high, while output is expected to dip slightly in September due to unit shutdowns and fewer calendar

09-10-2025 11:04:17

PetroChina Jilin brings 1.2 mln mt/yr ethylene plant online

Guangzhou (JLC), September 4, 2025--PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical's 1.2 million mt/yr ethylene plant produced on-specification products on August 31, indicating s successfully startup.

09-04-2025 19:07:34

China’s Jul fiber-grade PET exports down MoM, up YoY

Shandong (JLC), August 29, 2025--China’s polyester fiber chip exports fell by 4.29% month on month to 106,365 mt in July, but rose by 23.95% year on year.

08-29-2025 17:17:31

Sinopec to participate in constr. of world's largest green hydrogen/ammonia project

Guangzhou (JLC), August 27, 2025--Sinopec has recently signed a contract with ACWA Power to provide engineering services alongside a Spanish company for ACWA Power's construction of the world's larges

08-27-2025 19:03:31

China PE capacity expansion & self-sufficiency analysis

Shandong (JLC), August 27, 2025--China’s polyethylene (PE) market has seen capacity and output rise year after year from 2016 through 2025, with two distinct surges occurring in 2020-2021 and again in

08-27-2025 17:06:28

China PET bottle chip exports rise on multiple drivers

Shandong (JLC), August 27, 2025—China’s PET bottle chip exports saw notable growth in July, driven by macro tailwinds, peak seasonal demand, and domestic supply pressure.

08-27-2025 11:47:16

BOPET prices dip on multiple bearish factors

Shandong (JLC), August 27, 2025--China's BOPET market prices slipped in mid-August due to weak cost and soft demand.

08-27-2025 00:00:00

July sees PE imports and exports swing back up after June slump

Shandong (JLC), August 26, 2025--China imported 1.107 million mt of polyethylene (PE) in July 2025 according to the General Administration of Customs, up 15.40% month on month and down 14.79% year on

08-26-2025 17:25:57

China Jul PE exports jump on ample domestic supply

Shandong (JLC), August 21, 2025--China exported 101,700 mt of polyethylene (PE) in July 2025 according to the General Administration of Customs.

08-21-2025 16:53:44

High PE output in Northwest China caps price upside

Shandong (JLC), August 20, 2025--China’s PE output in Northwest China remained robust as the operating rate there kept high, which dampened the price rises.

08-20-2025 17:11:45

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