Standard Thermoplastics February 2018: Costs passed on for PE and PVC / PP producers up their margins / Styrenics in tandem with sharp rise in monomers / Polyolefins under price pressure in March

摘要

PE: The rise in the C2 reference price was in most cases factored in on the European PE market in February. Buyers at the lower end of the price scale had to pay the cost increase in full. With healthy stock levels and in view of the high prices, customers called up only as much material as was needed. Supply on the LDPE market was better than with LLDPE and HDPE. Producers are not showing signs of passing on the decrease from the lower C2 reference in March. The hope for lower prices will also be dampened by maintenance at European crackers. A slight downward tendency is probable.