15 May 2023
Over the past couple of weeks, Indonesian HDPE bag makers saw a spike in finished goods orders. However, the situation started to turn sour.
In response to the relentless falling futures market, domestic suppliers introduce another CNY50-100/ton reduction on spot PP and PE cargoes to entice demand.
The coal-based producer offered CNY120/ton discount on LLDPE cargoes and CNY30/ton on homo-PP, yet Chinese bidders prefer to wait on the sideline fearing further reductions ahead.
12 May 2023
In China, trading activities on the Shenhua auction platform have been sluggish throughout the week while key contracts on Dalian Commodity Exchange fall under pressure of global economic slowdown.
Obviously, the spot market is not the only trading platform taking hit from the plunging purchasing interest.
Shenhua concluded another auction session with disappointing results even though the producer agreed to reduce auction prices.
11 May 2023
Following three consecutive weeks of sharp decline, the import homo-PP market in Vietnam is now at the lowest levels in nearly five months with Chinese cargoes spearheading the downtrend
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