Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'China's small and medium-sized enterprises'

Expect Some China Chemicals Price Recovery....

....but let's wait for the details to makea firm judgement, following Wen Jiabao's comments about more help for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the government also indicating an interest-rate cut by Q2 next year. How will any financial easing...

HDPE-LLDPE spread expands

By Malini Hariharan and John Richardson The spread between high-density polyethylene (HDPE) film grade and linear-low density PE (LLDPE) prices in Asia has steadily widened over the last five months to hit a high of $110/tonne, raising questions on how...

China Downside Continues To Surprise

  By John Richardson  THE statistics speak for themselves. For example: *The full HSBC August manufacturing index for China, which was released last Friday, showed that manufacturing input costs were rising at their fastest rate for four months, suggesting that...