Better PA cash margins for producers in Q3?

摘要

HAS THE much-awaited upturn for phthalic anhydride (PA) makers finally arrived?Major producers were cautiously hopeful that this was the case after enduring a price slide from late February.According to a South Korean producer,prices were expected to increase from July to September owing to recovering demand from the downstream dioctyl phthalate (DOP) sector and increasing orthoxylene (OX) and isomer-grade mixed xylenes (MX) costs.