13 Jun 2023
Some major trading houses started to consider cutting export PP offers again to deplete more cargoes overseas to compensate for the dwindling demand at home.
The rebound in the transaction rates for LLDPE is partly due to the significant drop in the auction volume of about 60% compared to the previous day.
12 Jun 2023
The depreciation of the Yuan against the US dollar allows the producer to make minor cuts on the offers while the overseas market is on a tug-of-war to regain stabilization following a prolonged period of the downswing.
For the eighth consecutive week, a key local producer in Indonesia cut spot PP offers on the persistently weak demand and stiff competition from the distribution market as well as import cargoes.
Purchasing activities are subdued throughout the early hours of the day even with homo-PP breaching below the CNY7000/ton threshold again.
Trading activities on the Shenhua auction platform remain relatively steady on the first day of the week as the producer agreed to CNY40-50/ton discount from the previous session.
07 Jun 2023
Even though the futures market fails to retain the firmness observed in the previous days, the reduced inventory pressure allows suppliers to keep spot PP and PE prices relatively firm.
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