Saturday, July 16, 2011

World Cotton Fibers - Demand and Supply Trends - 2010

Cotton production has traditionally grown along the trend line (see chart long side) until 2003 and since then has changed dramatically with the increasing approval and cultivation of genetically modi...

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World Acrylic Fibers Demand and Supply Trends - 2010

The acrylic fibre production witnessed further decline in 2009, marking the fifth fall in a row and seventh annual decline since 2000. In total, the loss of volume in the last five years was around ??...

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Friday, July 15, 2011

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World Polyester Fibers Demand and Supply Trends - 2010

Polyester staple fibre production grew 3.4% in 2009 to ?? million tons. The growth regions were Africa, Asia, and Central and East Europe. Net capacity addition globally was ?.. tons during the year,...

Polyester Chain: MEG prices firm

Polyester upstream, ethylene and paraxylene markets were subdued this week as Asian ethylene markets collapsed to a seven-month low amidst heavy supply. The fall was also accelerated by a slide in the...

YnFx Polyester Chain Forecast in Asia - July 2011

Crude oil US futures rebounded after four straight weeks of decline in June, but the gains were limited by the news that Chinese manufacturing sector was softening sparking fresh demand worries. China...

Polyester Chain: Weakness setting in

Ethylene markets in Asia were showing signs of recovering end-users in Southeast Asia returned slowly to the market. Prices were lifted by emerging spot demand for H1 August. In Europe, spot prices de...

World Fibers Demand and Supply Trends - 2010

Global availability of all kind of manmade and natural fibres were up this year after declining signifi-cantly in 2008. While natural fibres had witnessed a decline of 9.4% in 2008, manmade fibres pro...

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Polyester Chain: Upstreams leading the rise

Asian ethylene market sentiment firmed up amidst strong upstream and downstream markets lifting prices firmly. Prices in Europe dipped further as supply continued to outpace demand. Reportedly the att...

YnFx Polyester Chain in Europe and USA - July 2011

July 2011 will see US crude oil futures inch up marginally by about US cents 30 a barrel after declining by more than US$13 a barrel in May and June. The Europe Brent spot would continue to remain at ...

Japan`s JX says cracker on target for June 22 restart

Japan's JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corp, an oil refining unit of JX Holdings , said on Monday it was on target to restart on June 22 its Kawasaki naphtha cracker, with ethylene production capacity of 40...

Polyester Chain: Weakness setting in

Ethylene markets in Asia were showing signs of recovering end-users in Southeast Asia returned slowly to the market. Prices were lifted by emerging spot demand for H1 August. In Europe, spot prices de...