China’s synthetic rubber market to face tight supply in Q1 on BD turnarounds

摘要

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--China’s synthetic rubber market is expected to face tight supply in the first quarter of 2020 amid a slew of turnarounds for butadiene (BD) units in Asia. While Zhejiang Petrochemical and Hengli Petrochemical will bring online their new BD units with a total capacity of 340,000 tonnes/year in the first quarter, the impact of new capacities will be rather offset by a spate of regional turnarounds from January to March.