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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 August butanone exports hit a two-year low

Shandong (JLC), September 24, 2025--China exported 12,386 mt of butanone in August 2025, with the value at $10.96 million and an average price of $884.65/mt. The exports were 21.8% lower than a year a

09-24-2025 16:53:38

Potassium chloride imports by border trade see a 112.26% YoY increase

Shandong (JLC), September 24, 2025--China imported 750,000 mt of potassium chloride in August 2025, up more than 41% from July’s 532,800 mt. The total imports over January-August stood at 7.56 million

09-24-2025 11:50:28

Aug PTA exports still center on nearby Asian markets

Shandong (JLC), September 23, 2025--In August 2025, China’s PTA exports, at 299,100 mt, were again dominated by nearby Asian and Middle-Eastern countries.

09-23-2025 09:47:47

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

China butyl acrylate prices climb on tight supply

Shandong (JLC), September 17, 2025--China butyl acrylate (BA) market prices strengthened on the back of supply constraints given unit maintenance.

09-17-2025 11:38:45

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

China’s Jul phosphate fertilizer exports hit year-to-date high

Shandong (JLC), September 11, 2025--China’s phosphate fertilizer exports surged in July 2025. China exported 344,100 mt monoammonium phosphate (MAP) in July 2025, a month-on-month increase of 107.81%

09-11-2025 17:17:49

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’s PP unit maintenance losses decline in Aug

Shandong (JLC), September 9, 2025--China domestic polypropylene (PP) turnaround losses declined in August, while the start-up of new units added extra length to the market, compressing regional price

09-09-2025 16:00:59

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’s EO market in stalemate on muted demand, cost support

Shandong (JLC), August 27, 2025--Since the start of 2025, China’s ethylene oxide (EO) market has been on a broadly weaker footing.

08-27-2025 10:01:35

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’s benzene imports surge in Jul

Shandong (JLC), August 26, 2025--China’s imports of benzene climbed in July 2025 amid more imported cargoes from South Korea.

08-26-2025 10:41:55

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

China’s Jul potassium chloride imports hit lowest level in years

Shandong (JLC), August 21, 2025--China imported 532,800 mt of potassium chloride in July 2025, down 117,000 mt or 18% from June, according to the General Administration of Customs.

08-21-2025 11:51:57

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

Rises in China butanone prices lose momentum

Shandong (JLC), August 20, 2025--During the third quarter, China’s butanone prices rose to multi-year highs but lost momentum shortly afterward.

08-20-2025 10:59:24

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