Polyester fibre chain prices, market and analysis

• Key trading prices: Import/export and domestic prices. Offers, bids and transactions for key commodities in the polyester fibre chain–

• Price alerts and market updates: Shifts in prices, latest news, market developments and changes to regulations and demand trends



• Feedstock and downstream information: Prices and commentary on upstream markets, including inventory capacities for naphtha, ethylene, natural gas/offgas. This also includes buyer’s sentiment in the end-user segments such as textiles.
• Plant/production news: Scheduled and unscheduled shutdowns, maintenance and turnarounds
• Weekly market sentiment: Near-term price direction and sentiment of buyers and sellers
• Supply and demand: Analysis of domestic and international supply and demand

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ICIS publishes weekly pricing reports for key commodities across the polyester fibre chain. We offer timely and in-depth market data, including price assessments, trade activity, feedstock supply and analysis of each region’s current and upcoming export availability.

Due to active ethylene glycol trading in Asia, daily reports are available for our Asian coverage.

Key trading regions/countries:

Polyester chain commodities we cover include:

• Diethylene Glycol (DEG)
• Dimethyl Terephthalate (DMT)
• Ethylene Glycol (EG)



• Ethylene Oxide
• Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)
• Para/Ortho-Xylenes (PX/OX)
• Polyester/Staple Fibre & Filament Yarns
• Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
• Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (R-PET)
• Purified terephthalic acid (PTA)
• Paraxylene (PX)-PTA
• Nylon
• Xylenes-Mixed Xylenes

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Each ICIS pricing subscription comes with analytics tools that take away the hassle of developing your own analysis. Quickly access data such as:

• Price Drivers Analytics: An interactive map identifying net price differences between regions, factoring in freight and duties costs, to enrich the global picture of cross-regional competition and import and export opportunities.



• Price Optimisation Analytics: An interactive map identifying net price differences between regions, factoring in freight and duties costs, to enrich the global picture of cross-regional competition and import and export opportunities.
• Live Disruptions Tracker- Supply View: Real-time view of domestic and global supply, plant outages and start-ups for the next 12 months, plus the impact of these changes.
• Live Disruptions Tracker- Impact View: A tool that visualises supply disruptions using live data, as validated by ICIS production news with an impact view connecting downstream shutdowns to show consumption capacity loss in real time.
• Margin Analytics: See actionable data on variable costs and margins – updated on a weekly basis – to help you to benchmark performance, manage risk and protect your profits in a highly competitive market
• Supply & Demand Outlooks: Quarterly supply and demand outlooks across the polyester fibre chain

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ICIS brings you breaking chemical news as it happens – including market moves, analysis, data and more. The service is reliable, authoritative and always available when you need it most.

Stay on top of polyester chain markets across all regions with ICIS news.

• Market news, data and analysis
• A global perspective from our worldwide network of reporters
• Comprehensive coverage, including emerging markets
• Current and upcoming plants and projects
• Regional expertise giving you superior market insight
• Advanced customisation and email alerts
• Access to 900,000 articles and over 10 years of news archives

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Get a long-term view of the market with ICIS Supply and Demand data (1978-2040), which offers end-to-end perspectives of the polyester fibre chain.

Gain quick access to data on import and export volumes, plant capacities, production, product trade flows, companies and route. With historical data from 1978 and forecast available up to 2040, this powerful data and analytics service from ICIS helps senior management, strategists, business planners, analysts and risk managers to:

• Identify, evaluate and optimise opportunities
• Identify and manage financial or investment risks
• Validate commercial and growth strategies

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Working closely with you to understand your strategies, challenges and ambitions, the ICIS consulting team delivers tailored advice and solutions to suit your unique requirements. With many years’ experience of guiding business leadership teams, we show you how market conditions can make a positive or negative impact on your long-term plans.

• Budgeting and forecasting
• Strategic planning
• Market advisory
• Cost and value modeling

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