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Updated to Q2 2018
A spate of planned and unplanned turnarounds at downstream plants in South Korea contributed to ample May/June toluene availability. This was amid poorer downstream spreads for TDP plants. The usage of lighter feedstock LPG for cracker-based units – particularly in South Korea and southeast Asia towards the April-May period – and some reformer turnarounds in domestic China mitigated the supply increases from downstream shutdowns.
Demand from China was strong on the back of restocking activities amid domestic plant turnarounds and a demand improvement from the gasoline blending sector (mainly from refineries). All these were against a backdrop of a consistent drawdown in inventories since April to mid-May, when the lowest level was 18,100 tonnes. India demand was equally strong on positive import distributor margins, while southeast Asian demand picked up particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia before the Ramadan period.
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