August 2018: TDI trips over persistently higher MDI / Polyols mostly unchanged / TDI and pure MDI stall

摘要

The market continued quiet in August. Weak demand led to a sharp fall in notations for polymeric MDI and TDI. The former gave way by EUR 70/t on average, the latter by around EUR 115/t. Large buyers of TDI reportedly crashed the EUR 3,000/t barrier. By contrast, MDI prices gained momentum, though not as much as in the recent past. The noticeably weaker demand during the summer holidays helped restore some equilibrium to the market. Obviously, many converters used the summer holiday period to stock up for autumn. Notations for both polyol grades remained largely unchanged.