Europe top stories: weekly summary

ICIS Editorial

13-Jan-2014

LONDON (ICIS)–Here are some of the top stories from ICIS Europe for the week ended 12 January.

Europe PE, PP players consider impact of import duty hikes
Duties on polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) imports from several countries, including established importers in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), rose from 3% to 6.5% on 1 January 2014 but there is still uncertainty over how this will affect pricing in Europe, sources said on Friday.

EU Oct chems output up 1.8% despite fall in petchems production
EU chemicals production in October rose 1.8% year on year despite a 4.9% fall in petrochemicals output, the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) said in its latest Chemicals Trends Report on Thursday.

January IPEX rebounds with Europe leading the way
January’s ICIS petrochemical index (IPEX) rebounded across all three regions, with Europe leading the way.

EU, eurozone chems producer prices fall 0.4% in November 2013
Chemical producer prices both in the EU and the eurozone fell by 0.4% month on month in November, statistics provider Eurostat said on Tuesday.

OUTLOOK ’14: Europe chems right to be ‘cautiously optimistic’
The year of 2013 did not provide an obvious direction the economy will travel towards, and it is unlikely there will be big flashing road signs in 2014 either.

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