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Paraxylene

A chart showing the price of paraxylene. It demonstrates the price gap between Asian-origin product (the gold baseline) versus (red) European and (blue) US product.

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Western PET Sector Profit Loss 2023: How Much and For How Long?

Picture of Tecnon OrbiChem Tecnon OrbiChem: Dec 7, 2023 7:05:25 AM

PET industry participants in Europe and North America are locked in a fight for survival. What can the PET sector do to improve its outlook for 2024?...

Graph indicating EU PET imports from July 2017 - July 2023.

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PET Anti-dumping Update: Proposed Provisional Duties

Picture of Tecnon OrbiChem Tecnon OrbiChem: Nov 3, 2023 2:55:59 PM

On 31 October 2023, the European Commission communicated the latest details of its anti-dumping investigation into Chinese polyethylene terephthalate...

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Orthoxylene & Phthalic Anhydride Markets: Mid-year 2023

Picture of Tecnon OrbiChem Tecnon OrbiChem: Jun 20, 2023 1:08:50 PM

The Asia-focused supplement to our January 2023 blog post Orthoxylene - phthalic anhydride outlook for 2023 & year in review contained interviews...

Imports to the EU per origin country for PET used in plastic packaging.

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PET & Its Raw Materials: Outlook for 2023, & 2022 in Review

Picture of Tecnon OrbiChem Tecnon OrbiChem: Feb 20, 2023 6:35:08 AM

As we look to the PET sector's high season - Q2 2023 - market participants will be keen to lower the paraxylene cost disparity compared to Asia. It...