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Chinese PVC market rebounds from historic lows as futures rally unlocks trades
20 Dec 2025 The Chinese PVC market rebounded from historic lows this week, as a sharp recovery in Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) futures revived spot trading activity and coaxed sidelined participants back into the market.
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19 Dec 2025 PET Bottle

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Upstream gains underpin Chinese PET bottle market, rangebound streak hits seven weeks

However, the modest gains merely steered prices back into the familiar rangebound pattern that has constrained the sector for seven consecutive weeks
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19 Dec 2025

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Shenhua Auction: Aggressive price hikes backfire as buyers retreat ahead of weekend

The persistent weakness in the futures market, combined with the approaching weekend, prompted converters to adopt a defensive stance, leaving LLDPE film deals almost entirely stalled.
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19 Dec 2025

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China Morning Snapshot – 19 December 2025

The May 2026 PP and LLDPE futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) surrendered their recent stability Friday morning. LLDPE futures, in particular, accelerated their descent, effectively erasing the range-bound support observed during the previous session.
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18 Dec 2025

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Shenhua Auction: Buying interest rebounds, PP continues to outperform LLDPE

Overall deal volumes for both grades increased from yesterday, but price performance differed.
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18 Dec 2025

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Shandong Yulong Auction: No PE cargoes offered as producer shifts sales offline

Auction concluded without any prime-grade PE cargoes on offer, while the limited PP volumes listed remained completely unsold.
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18 Dec 2025

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China’s homo-PP slides past pandemic trough, market hunts for a floor

From the converter’s perspective, falling feedstock costs would, in theory, support margins and enhance competitiveness in downstream end-use markets. In practice, however, the protracted price slide has entrenched a deflation-proof purchasing strategy.
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18 Dec 2025

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China Morning Snapshot – 18 December 2025

PP and LLDPE’s May 2026 futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange traded in a range-bound pattern, with PP futures showing comparatively firmer support than LLDPE.
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