Engineering Thermoplastics November 2019: Downward drift continues / Notations crumble, but not in one fell swoop / No interruption to market weakness / Price pressure expected to dominate in December

摘要

As expected, the downtrend on the Western European engineering thermoplastics market continued through November. Although the fall was in most cases not quite as large as anticipated, prices of nearly all types moved down. Many producers balked at incorporating the quarterly reductions in the monthly prices. A number of smaller-scale distributors are still working from material purchased in previous quarters at correspondingly higher costs. PBT experienced the largest reductions, because this is where the influence of imports was the most noticeable. Suppliers tried even harder to capture the few orders that were still up for grabs. PP compounds rolled over, while ABS materials fell back slightly.