Engineering Thermoplastics November 2013: Price notations continue to crumble / PA defies price pressure / PC and POM down / Automotive better than scheduled / Benzene up in December /Stabilisation in sight

摘要

The price erosion within engineering thermoplastics in Europe moved up another notch in November. Rates for traditional engineering types such as PC and POM fell due to the liquidity of the market and lower costs. As for POM, it is still primarily imports which are upsetting the usual market balance; however, in terms of polycarbonate, structural capacity surpluses are mainly to blame, The two-month decline in the cost of benzene has forced its derivative material down slightly. Commodity-related products also had little option but to yield to the downward trend in the respective feedstocks. In addition, ABS grades fell by EUR 30-40/t and PP compounds slid downwards-though to a slightly lesser extent-by EUR 10-lS/t.