29 Nov 2022
All eyes are on the COVID-19 conference from the Ministry of Health this afternoon. Speculations are that the authorities might further eliminate some restrictions as the country embark on a phase-based reopening.
Despite the strong sales results, it appears that the producer is not ready to implement any increases, which market participants attributed to the effort to deplete more cargoes by the month-end.
28 Nov 2022
China’s major PP producer – Zhongjing Petrochemical has stepped back on export PP offers on the back of the dwindling demand condition both at home and overseas markets.
A major domestic producer in Indonesia opened a fresh weekly price list over the weekend with increases on all PP and LLDPE grades while HDPE extended the softening trend.
However, as discussed earlier, it is very much understandable because PE packaging manufacturers have been suffering from falling orders and squeezed margins for months now.
Market participants were particularly concerned about the rising number of COVID-19 infection cases across the country and the protests against the lockdown measures.
Chinese bidders withdraw to the sideline on the first trading day of the week as the futures market retreated throughout the morning session on the concerns over the widespread protests against the strict COVID-19-related lockdowns.
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