Large Chemical Factories have Collectively Stopped Production, and Millions of Tons of Production Capacity have 'Evaporated'

Recently, Dow's 340,000-ton/year MDI plant in Freeport, USA, declared force majeure due to the supply of front-end raw material plant. In addition, there is still another MDI factory in North America under force majeure.

Americas Styrenics (AmSty), a major North American polystyrene producer, said it expects to reduce orders and limit availability through June due to unexpected operational issues at its St. James, Louisiana, styrene monomer plant on April 27, which It also led AmSty to declare force majeure on deliveries of its raw materials, styrene and ethylbenzene.

TotalEnergie said it declared force majeure on North American PP products due to a shortage of additives needed to produce some grades.

ExxonMobil said that due to current operational constraints, it will begin to allocate sales of specific PP grades, and the timing and quality of products for this allocation measure are still being determined.

Affected by the interruption of the supply of raw materials, Celanese and INEOS announced that the acetic acid plant was shut down due to force majeure, and the acetic acid plant in Lid Ambase Texas shut down due to a mechanical failure of the carbon monoxide supply system.