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As previously reported by Chem-Courier, demand for food film and plastic bottles may increase in the near future due to European events such as the Olympics and the Football Championship, which will take place this summer.
Market players expect only a modest increase in demand.
PE, PP demand continues to remain low in Poland. Market players note that off-grade material has been more popular this month.
Sluggish demand continues to negatively affect market conditions. Low demand in Europe is likely to prompt further price declines next month.
Lacklustre demand has caused another decrease in PP prices. Purchases that traders and manufacturers were hoping for did not materialise to the extent they expected, according to Chem-Courier’s information.
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The polyolefin market has started reviving in H1 January. Market players say that in addition to completing December deliveries, they already have new orders for PP and PE, with the former bought more frequently than the latter.
Demand has been low in the Polish polyolefin market in the last pre-holiday week, according to Chem-Courier’s data. Converters have been tapping into their raw material stocks or purchasing only small batches.
According to traders, clients have been ordering both large lots of several hundred tonnes and small ones of under 24 t delivered on pallets.
Contract prices for monomers and, ultimately, polyolefins, have predictably moved down in Poland in December.
Despite raw material depreciation, converters did not buy more, they continue to purchase raw materials only on an as-needed basis. Some of them are using the stocks built during previous months
Monomer contract prices were announced early this week.
Converters, as usual, have been sluggish in the market in late October. All of its players have been waiting for new price announcements.
Customers often wait until the second week of the month to make purchasing decisions. They want to have a complete picture of the market
The end of September has seen increased demand for polyolefins compared with the middle of the month in the Polish market.
The Polish polyolefin market was mainly inactive in H1 June.
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The market is in turmoil. The escalating Russian-Ukrainian war is distracting from the deal. An unprecedented situation, market participants do not know how to react.
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