Is Near Shoring More Attractive Than US Reshoring? Multiple Items Support US Polymer Prices, For Now

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Is Near Shoring More Attractive Than US Reshoring? Multiple Items Support US Polymer Prices, For Now

Key Points:

• US polymer prices remain significantly higher than levels seen at the start of 2020. A mixture of strong US manufacturing, despite some input sourcing issues, and higher energy values continue to favor polymer price support.
• We highlight pertinent energy, chemical, and other corporate updates (e.g., Celanese, Eastman, Olin, Bridgestone, Sumitomo, Pemex, BASF, others).
• We discuss relevant ESG items that range from a polymer producer view of the food grade PCR market to renewable energy infrastructure market findings. See our ESG weekly and other related research coverage in LINK.
• We discuss numerous other pertinent chemical sector items in this report.

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