Market Flash

Australia exported 57.7 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas in the first nine months of the year, slightly higher than the 57.4 million tonnes exported in the same period of 2019, energy consultancy Energy Quest noted.

• LNG export
• LNG price trend

October 26, Japan's polyvinyl chloride resin (PVC) export prices for piping and housing materials, etc. is accelerating because of strong demand from India and China

• chemical export
• china chemical market

A new health research paper published on 20 October in Nature Food, a specialist academic journal of Springer Nature, warns that plastic particles may be released when infant bottles containing polypropylene are used to prepare standard formula.

• health chemical research
• polypropylene trend

Recently, an innovation team of the Institute of Tobacco Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAS) has discovered marine natural products herbicide and fungicide pilot compounds

• chemical research
• Natural herbicides fungicides

Factors such as the natural environment, life pressure, and increased consumer awareness are driving strong deterministic growth of functional skincare products

• funtional skin care
• comestic market trend

Negotiations on the future relationship between the UK and the EU are set to resume on the 22nd.

• EU UK situation
• european market

The first three quarters of Zhejiang import and export value of 2.44 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.6%.

• china foreign trade
• china market trend

Driven by negative profits, the output of coal-to-ethylene glycol declined, and the operating load remained low. In addition, the listing of staple fiber futures has pushed up the textile series and the ethylene glycol port inventory

• Ethylene glycol
• coal-to-ethylene glycol
• polyester texile

Water-based paint is an emulsified emulsion film-forming configuration paint. The types of water-based paints include water-diluted, water-soluble and water-dispersible paint.

• water based paints
• water diluted paint

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on October 19, in September, the value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.9% year-on-year in real terms and 1.18% month-on-month.

• chemical raw materials
• chemical manufacturing

The market price in East China today is 10,700-10,850 yuan, an increase of 1,100 CNY/ton from yesterday.

• pure MDI
• DMF price

the risk of falling prices of bulk products; the risk of sharp fluctuations in crude oil prices; the risk of lower-than-expected downstream demand for chemical products.

• MDI price
• rubber industry chain

GNT Group released its latest beetroot-based Fiesta Pink pigment powder, which utilizes the natural coloring function of betaine and is the latest product in the Exberry series.na

• GNT
• pink natural pigment
• beetroot

Among them, Nestle's growth in China turned positive.

• Nestlé china
• nestle market trend

The COVID-19 pandemic is driving record digital ad spending in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

• covid 19 treatment
• healthcare covid 19

UV and thermosensitive dual response coatings have been developed based on benzoxazine/polyacrylate/mesoporous TiO 2. The reversible surface wettable coatings offer excellent overall performance.

• coating research
• coating market 2020

German industrial production recovered at a relatively slow pace, still down 6.5% in August from a year earlier.

• coating market trend
• Powder Coating

Since last year, the production of crude oil and condensate in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries has been interrupted.

• global liquid fuel
• OPEC

PTA futures is the first chemical product in my country's futures market and the first chemical product introduced to overseas traders.

• international polyester price
• PTA price

According to ICIS website on October 13th, the demand for isopropyl alcohol (IPA) in the United States continued to show a downward trend after an unprecedented surge in the spring.

• U.S. isopropanol demand