Polyurethane feedstocks in October 2012: Q3 rally lingers on the market fringes / Large TDI accounts see sharp rise / Specified MDI and polyols make gains / Q4 hikes still being pursued / Regional differences

摘要

Producers of polyurethane feedstocks made no progress toward their goal of leveraging the new quarter to push through hikes of up to EUR 150/t. They had argued that dramatic rise: in petrochemical prices in Q3 have drastically eroded their margins, all the while ignoring the slight cost decreases for benzene, propylene (C3) and ethylene (C2) at the beginning of Q4. Their customers literally did not buy the argument. In general, regional differences in demand made it difficult for producers to realise price gains. Nevertheless, the upper end of the polymeric MDI and polyols scales as well as the basic TDI grades moved up by as much as EUR 50/t.