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Statistics: China's PVC output and exports rose in August, but domestic demand kept lagging
23 Sep 2026 China's PVC market in August was defined by a confluence of forces converging from opposite directions: production discipline on the supply side, a demand-driven export surge concentrated almost entirely in one destination, and a domestic market that continues to insulate itself from import competition.
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23 Sep 2026

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Shenhua Auction: Price cuts fail to entice buyers as sliding futures stall sales

Despite selective price reductions from the producer, auction price levels were largely deemed unattractive against a falling paper market, leaving homo-PP yarn as the only grade able to secure deals.
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23 Sep 2026

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Holiday mood kicks in: Chinese PP, PE market retreats from multi-year highs

A six-week bull run in China's polyolefin market has lost momentum. Sliding energy prices and pre-holiday caution among buyers pulled spot offers lower across all key commodity PP and PE grades
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23 Sep 2026

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China’s PET export offers ease below $1,200/ton as softer crude, buyer caution, and strong yuan cool four-week rally

Chinese PET bottle resin export offers moved lower this week, falling back below the $1,200/ton threshold as softer crude oil benchmarks, hesitant overseas demand, and a stronger Chinese yuan checked a four-week pricing rally.
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23 Sep 2026

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China Morning Snapshot – 23 September 2026

Crude's own five-session slide, a yuan at three-and-a-half-year highs, and the approach of Mid-Autumn and Golden Week have combined to drain sentiment from the futures market.
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22 Sep 2026

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Taiwanese producer hikes PVC offers for fifth straight round; caution brisk and prevalent

The move, announced on 22 September, extends a run of five consecutive hikes and underscores how tightly regional offers are now tracking upstream cost pressure rather than downstream demand.
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22 Sep 2026

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Statistics: China’s August PE apparent consumption tops 3.1M tons as ag-film surge masks margin rift

China’s apparent PE consumption rose to 3.10 million tons in August 2026, up 1.5% month-on-month (+47,300 tons) to mark its highest level since the first quarter.
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22 Sep 2026

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Shenhua Auction: Complete PE buyer strike pulls clearance to 67.7% despite discounted PP uptake

Deal activity was defined by an extreme product split: a complete buyer strike across all PE offerings contrasted with resilient, heavily discounted PP absorption.
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