Main drivers that affect polymer pricing
Polymer Producers
- Monomer Pricing
- Styrene
- Propylene
- Ethylene
- Benzene
- C4
- Polymerisation margins
- Inventory
- Planned & un-planned production plant outages
Market Conditions
- Currency
- Short term demand
- Short term reductions in capacity
- Arbitrage of polymer
- China & SE Asia's supply/demand
- Trader activity
Feedstock
- Oil
- Gas
- Shale
- Naptha
External Factors
- Political
- War
- Natural disasters
- Changes in consumer markets
- Geographical shifts in supply/demand
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