Daily Chemical Reaction
The China Demand Pull, Cost Curve Developments & More USGC Polymer Price Hike Nominations
Key Points:
- Improving China demand has been noted across multiple 2Q20 reports and we discuss 2H20 optimism for its strength relative to other markets.
- US Natural Gas values reflect weakness relative to Brent Crude WoW (a potential plus for US petrochemical margins), and we find both domestic spot and export support for a US PVC contract uptick MoM in July, but less support for an August hike.
- Other items today range from multiple material sector corporate reports (BHP, Celanese, Elkem, Perstorp, Givaudan, etc.), to Asia positives for spot methanol, to several global production issues worth consideration.
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