Dear market players,

Chem-Courier Information Agency is pleased to invite you to an online conference Reasons for global LDPE/LLDPE lack and price hike in Q1 2021. Outlook for 2021 as part of the annual meeting with subscribers.

Participation in our Zoom event scheduled for 10.00—11.00 (GMT+2) 18 May 2021, is free of charge.

Chem-Courier's analysts will speak on the key 2020—2021 LDPE/LLDPE market events.

Discussion topics:

– 2020 outcome: pandemic and price drop

– Paradox of unattractive LDPE and LLDPE prices in China

– World uptrend impact on Vietnamese and Chinese markets

– Potential changes in Turkey's LDPE/LLDPE import structure

– Saudi Arabia loses ground in global LDPE/LLDPE export market: true or false?

– USA-origin LDPE/LLDPE hits new price high. Any chances of rollback?

– How LDPE/LLDPE shortage in Europe occurred

– Possibility of European downstream unit stoppages on exorbitant prices

 

To take part in the conference, each participant should provide Anastasia Matushkina with the following data:

– Company name

– Participant name

– Position

– E-mail

– Contact number

 

If you want to invite your colleagues to the event, please let us know in your letter.

Please take notice that a Chem-Courier representative will contact you within 24 hours after having received your conference attendance request to verify the information.

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Best regards,

Anastasia Matushkina

Deputy chief editor. PE & PP, PVC

Chem-Courier Information Agency

Russia: (+7 499) 346 03 42 (ext.339)

Ukraine: (+38 056) 370 12 04 (ext.339)

a.matushkina@chemcourier.com

 

The European Trade Association of PVC Window System Suppliers EPPA published the press release on 30 March 2021 that voiced EPPA member companies’ concerns about the wave of force majeure declarations by European raw material suppliers.

According the release, the massive PVC supply chain problems have put serious pressure on PVC window system suppliers. The consequences of the global pandemic and the force majeure events many resin producers declared in the past few weeks are weighing heavily on logistics. As main consumers of PVC resin in the European market, PVC window system suppliers are suffering from the increasing shortage of the material and price surges, both influencing their production.

At the same time, demand for construction products such as windows has been increasing seasonally in the past few months. If suppliers are unable to cope with demand for the polymer, PVC profile makers will have problems continuing production as planned. A lack of imports, those from the USA as well as the Middle and the Far East in particular, is worsening the situation further and it may come as a blow to the industries further down the supply chain and eventually the European market for PVC windows if nothing changes. As the first adverse effects can already be seen, the EPPA called on raw material manufacturers to do everything to lift force majeure as quickly as possible.

According to Chem-Courier’s data, over 10 European PVC producers and about 15 units had technical issues in Q4 2020 and Q1 2021. At the same time, PVC imports into Europe from outside the region plunged at an annualised rate of 39% to 66,020 t in Q4 2020 due to global undersupply. Regular buyers faced an average increase of €700/t to €1,450/t FD Europe in PVC K67 prices year on year. Some suppliers are quoting over €1,650/t FD now.

On 11 March, the European Commission has published the COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/425 suspending the commercial policy measures concerning certain products from the United States of America imposed by the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1646 following the adjudication of a trade dispute under the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

On 4 March 2021, an agreement was reached with the United States to mutually suspend all the measures for four months to allow for negotiations of a balanced settlement of the WTO disputes on a large civil aircraft as soon as both parties complete internal procedures. As a result, the application of the additional duties on US suspension PVC will be suspended for four months from the regulation effective date of 11 March 2021. Accordingly, without prejudice to any further suspension or modification, 25% additional duties shall again apply with effect from and including 11 July 2021.