Engineering Thermoplastics June 2013: Situation still balanced / Supply adjusted to demand / Notations predominantly stable / Butadiene price plummets / Benzene also down / Automotive industry brings stability

摘要

Prices for European buyers of engineering thermoplastics in June remained largely unchanged. At most, there was a small decline with ABS, PA and PMMA, attributable in almost all cases to the plummeting price of butadiene. All other feedstocks did not move enough to trigger any significant effect. Demand also remained relatively robust, but notations were prevented from slipping due to the on-going production cutbacks. Conversely, lively demand did not trigger any significant upswing.