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The Fall Rush – US Polymer Contract Prices Rise In September, Most Well Above Pre-COVID Levels
September 30, 2020
Commodities Mentioned:
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Propylene, Butadiene, Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR), Cannabinoids, Pectin, Crude Oil/Naphtha, Natural Gas/NGLs
Companies Mentioned:
Westlake, OxyChem, Shintech, Formosa, Aramco, BASF, BP, Covestro, Dow, TPPI, EcoGraf, Genomatica, Givaudan, Holdor Topsoe, LyondellBasell, Shell, Sherwin-Williams, Sika, Sinopec, Total, Umicore, Venator, Vistra, ConocoPhillips, Dekun Energy, RiseSun MGL

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The Fall Rush – US Polymer Contract Prices Rise In September, Most Well Above Pre-COVID Levels

  

Key Points:

  • US polymer contract prices are set to rise in September and reflect levels last seen in late 2019/early 2020 when overseas production costs were higher – we discuss the 4Q setting and why we see PVC as a relative winner into 2021.
  • We highlight several global corporate items/news releases (e.g. Sherwin-Williams and Sika 2H20 updates, Dow and Umicore restructurings, Shell planned worker cuts, Venator resuming JV production in Lake Charles, etc.)   
  • Other items today range from new China petrochemical projects boosting its LPG/ethane imports, to US Butadiene and Propylene contract settlements, to stakes being high in the battle to gain an edge in the global battery market.

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