Polycarbonate
Responding to demand fluctuations from the medical, automotive, appliances and housing sectors
Solutions
Our international polycarbonate market experts watch activity, prices and market response daily, ensuring that buyers, sellers and traders can make fully informed decisions quickly. Our comprehensive coverage includes all the major trading regions in the US, Europe and Asia.
Insight
ICIS Insight offers up to date news and resources on the global commodity markets, so you can make informed business decisions.
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ICIS and CDI are helping to define the future of the chemicals industry together. Get ahead of increasingly volatile markets with trusted and relevant information in real time.
Price drivers
Providing diagnostic insights to help monitor and maximise your sales opportunities. Interactive analytics help you assess trends to increase windows of opportunities.
Live disruptions tracker
A live global view of production and consumption capacity loss, plus associated conversion factors. These enable a clear understanding of supply impact in order to get ahead of market changes.
Resources
See the latest chemical, energy & fertilizer news, articles, videos, podcasts, blog posts and much more at the new ICIS Resource Centre.
Price & market indicators
Polycarbonate trade is greatly affected by demand fluctuations in the medical, automotive, appliances and housing sectors. The US is a net exporter of polycarbonate, so demand from China and Mexico has a significant impact on prices and market activity.
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What our customers say
Nut Songsangcharoen
Bangchak Corporation
“ICIS Digital is crucial for our decision-making. We use the data and insights to analyse price trends, plan purchases of base oil and other materials, and manage our stocks.”
Hong Kong Petrochemical
“Our clients recognise ICIS prices as an independent benchmark. Using ICIS price assessments in our purchasing contracts saves us time and helps us secure an appropriate supply of feedstock for our plants at the reasonable price.”
Chen Gang
Shanghai Jahwa United Co Ltd
“As a reliable, independent source of pricing data, ICIS has helped find common ground with suppliers who wanted to raise prices. ICIS forecast prices mean we can anticipate PE and PET price trends for the next 18 months and use this information to plan our purchases. We’re also reassured by their IOSCO certification.”
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