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Vietnam PP market caves as record-low South Korean deal resets new floor
19 Jun 2026 The market is now on a nosedive after a relatively steady start to the week, with sellers initially resisting knee-jerk cuts following the US-Iran peace accord even as buyers pushed for deeper discounts.
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19 Jun 2026

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South Korean PE triggers fresh slide in Vietnam as upstream plunges and supply concerns ease

South Korean PE cargoes accelerated the downward correction in Vietnam during the week ending 19 June 2026, as improving supply prospects prompted producers to aggressively liquidate inventories.
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19 Jun 2026

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North American PE cargoes arrive in Asia early as producers race to clear surplus volumes

North American PE has arrived in Asia months ahead of schedule, and the scale of the push is unmistakable. At least four international trading houses circulated US and Canadian-origin HDPE and LLDPE offers this week
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19 Jun 2026

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LLDPE film surrenders premium to HDPE in Indonesia amid deep-sea contagion and geopolitical deflation

This structural inversion, driven by a collapsing deep-sea import floor and highly divergent localised fundamentals, is starkly visible within domestic spot offers where prompt LLDPE film has dropped beneath the HDPE baseline.
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19 Jun 2026 PPH Inj PPH Raf

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ASEAN homo-PP cargoes into Indonesia buckled under crude rout and lengthening regional supply

A wave of competitively priced cargoes from Vietnam, Thailand, and soon Malaysia converges on the Indonesian market, forcing buyers into a defensive crouch just as crude markets face their own directional uncertainty tied to the Iran sanctions outlook.
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18 Jun 2026 HD Inj LL C4 Film PPBC Inj PPH Inj PPH Raf

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Shenhua Auction: Collapsing paper markets and pre-holiday retreat neutralised baseline cuts

A cascading deterioration across Dalian paper markets entirely neutralised Shenhua's aggressive pre-holiday baseline concessions on Thursday, leaving the physical polyolefin complex mired in a severe structural stalemate as downstream converters aggressively retreated ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival.
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18 Jun 2026 ZCE - PTA ZCE - PX PET Bottle

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Chinese PET valuations breached key thresholds as upstream futures collapse dismantles market confidence

The Chinese PET bottle market faced intense downward pressure this week, as a violent liquidation across the upstream PX and PTA futures complexes shattered spot market confidence.
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17 Jun 2026

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Shenhua Auction: Sell-through collapses across PP and PE grades; price cuts fail to revive demand

Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co., China’s largest coal-based polyolefins producer, recorded its weakest auction performance in recent sessions on 17 June 2026
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