Sustained downward pressure across Dalian paper markets forced a highly bifurcated post-holiday trading session on Tuesday, allowing targeted baseline concessions to engineer a complete structural clearance in the LLDPE sector, while leaving the PP complex mired in a severe demand deficit.
Monday’s auction session revealed a deepening divergence in the polyolefin market. While LLDPE continues to benefit from opportunistic, need-based replenishment, the PP complex is experiencing a structural demand fatigue, as downstream converters increasingly retreat from the market in anticipation of further price erosion.