02 Dec 2022
Unlike the PVC market, demand for PP and PE in India has been soft while market participants are very much looking forwards to new supply from HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) plant this January.
Interestingly, domestic suppliers decided to maintain spot PP and PE unchanged in spite of the rising futures market.
After depleting a good number of cargoes, overseas sellers started to limit selling quantities in anticipation of higher prices in the coming week.
Given the stronger buying interest, Shenhua kept deal prices for homo-PP unchanged day-on-day but decided to lower LLDPE price by CNY100/ton to facilitate sales.
01 Dec 2022
The worsening COVID-19 outbreak in China prompted the government to implement strict control measures to break the infection chain, which also curtail demand for bottled beverages substantially.
Chinese buyers remain generally cautious due to the volatile COVID-19 situations. Meanwhile, many converters are not having sufficient end-product orders, which might undermine the recent uptick in demand.
Chinese bidders remained active toward the weekend as the lifting of COVID controls in several districts in Guangzhou fueled expectations that the government would gradually do away from the Zero-Covid policy.
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