Phthalic anhydride market holds firm: What’s keeping global prices unchanged? – International petrochemical price movement, 15 May 2026

Feedstocks and energy

Phthalic anhydride market holds firm: What’s keeping global prices unchanged?

Naphtha market splits direction: What’s driving the latest price shift in Japan and Europe?

Butadiene market turns uneven: What’s behind the latest global price divergence?

Crude oil market climbs higher: What’s fueling the latest global price rise?

Ethylene market slides lower: What’s driving the latest regional price fall?

Propylene market weakens in Europe and the US Gulf: What’s behind the latest regional decline?

EDC market comes under pressure: What’s driving the sharp price drop across key regions?

VCM market firms up in the West: What’s behind the latest regional price rise?

Polyethylene markets

HDPE HM market holds steady: What’s keeping global prices flat?

HDPE raffia market holds flat: What’s keeping global prices unchanged?

HDPE injection market faces pressure in Europe: What’s behind the latest regional price drop?

HDPE blow moulding market stays flat, Europe softens: What’s behind the latest regional shift?

HDPE film market holds steady, West weakens: What’s behind the latest regional price drop?

HDPE pipe market holds firm: What’s keeping global prices unchanged?

LDPE lamination market holds flat: What’s keeping global prices steady?

LDPE heavy duty market holds steady: What’s keeping global prices unchanged?

LDPE injection market holds firm: What’s keeping global prices flat?

LDPE film market diverges: What’s behind the latest price shift in Europe and the US Gulf?

LDPE milk pouch market holds steady: What’s keeping international prices unchanged?

LLDPE rotomoulding market holds flat: What’s keeping global prices steady?

LLDPE injection market holds firm: What’s keeping global prices unchanged?

LLDPE metallocene market stays frozen: What’s keeping global prices flat?

LLDPE film market holds flat, West softens: What’s behind the latest regional decline?

Polypropylene markets

PP copolymer market slips in the US Gulf: What’s behind the latest price drop?

PP raffia market holds steady: What’s keeping global prices unchanged?

PP BOPP market holds flat: What’s keeping global prices stable?

PP random copolymer market holds firm: What’s keeping global prices unchanged?

PP block copolymer market softens in Southeast Asia: What’s behind the latest regional price dip?

PP film market holds steady: What’s keeping global prices flat?

PP injection market weakens in the West: What’s behind the latest regional price drop?

Vinyls and styrenics

PVC market holds steady, Europe slips: What’s behind the latest regional price shift?

PS EPS market firms up in Europe: What’s behind the latest price rise?

PS GPPS market softens in the West: What’s behind the latest regional decline?

PS HIPS market eases in Europe and the US Gulf: What’s behind the latest price dip?

Engineering plastics and performance materials

EVA market holds stable: What’s keeping international prices unchanged?

ABS market holds firm, Europe climbs: What’s behind the latest regional price move?

SAN market holds steady: What’s keeping global prices unchanged?

Polyester and downstream packaging

PET bottle grade market holds flat: What’s keeping global prices unchanged?