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Over The Hills But Not Far Away – Lean Supply Chains & Outages Mask Production Potential
October 23, 2020
Commodities Mentioned:
Ethylene, Propylene, Benzene, Styrene, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, Isocyanates, Crude/Naphtha, Natural Gas/NGLs, Butadiene, Styrene
Companies Mentioned:
Airbus, Asian Paints, Borealis, BorsodChem, BP, Celanese, Zhejiang Satellite, Dow, HEXPOL, Kurita Water, Lonza, Lummus, Mattel, Mitsubishi Chemical, Sonoco, Posco Chemical, SABIC, Saras, Sasol, Sinopec, Ube Industries, Valero, BYD, Hino Motors

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Over The Hills But Not Far Away – Lean Supply Chains & Outages Mask Production Potential

 

Key Points:

  • US chemical production improved on a month-to-month basis in 3Q20 but levels remain lower YoY – we discuss the current production setting alongside multiple 3Q20 sector earnings report to display rising commodity price risk.  
  • We flag several corporate news/update items worth note today (e.g. Air Liquide, Dow, Hexpol, Mattel, Sonoco, and Ube Industries 3Q updates, etc.).
  • Other items of note today range from Asia butadiene and styrene price strength, to a flattening of the global petrochemical production cost curve WoW, to global government stimulus efforts to support consumer health.

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