Asia top stories – weekly summary
ICIS Editorial
03-Oct-2022
SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Here are the top stories from ICIS News Asia and the Middle East for the week ended 30 September 2022.
INSIGHT: Asia EVA to draw support from buoyant
Q4 China photovoltaic demand
projections
Asia’s ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) market may
draw support from the arrival of the
traditional peak demand season for the footwear
industry and easing constraints in the solar
photovoltaic (PV) industries in China in the
fourth quarter.
Asia’s glycerine demand slumps ahead of early
October holidays in China, bearish
sentiment
Asia’s glycerine demand has slumped as buyers
retreat to the sidelines ahead of the upcoming
China National Day holidays in early October.
INSIGHT: India PVC market weathers stormy first
half, safeguard investigation begins
India’s polyvinyl chloride (PVC) market
stabilised slightly in September, after having
weathered a storm over the previous 12 months.
VIDEO: Long supply in near term puts pressure
on China domestic BD market
Watch industry analyst Aviva Zhang discuss the
China butadiene (BD) market, with the
expectation of rising supply.
Asia petrochemical shares, oil slump on
recession fears, strong US dollar
Shares of petrochemical companies in Asia were
trading lower early Wednesday afternoon, with
oil prices down by more than 1%, on demand
concerns amid growing adverse global economic
ramifications of a strong US dollar.
INSIGHT: High cost threatens Asia petrochemical
output as regional currencies tumble
Asia’s petrochemical production is at risk of
shrinking further as imported raw materials get
more expensive each day that Asian currencies
tumble to new lows.
PODCAST: Asian BD faces weak demand, mixed
regional supply
In this podcast, ICIS editors Damini Dabholkar
and Ai Teng Lim discuss recent developments and
outlook for the Asian butadiene (BD) market.
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