Viscose staple fibre (VSF) price downtrend slowed down in China amid limited availability and decreasing supply in the markets in July. In China, VSF offers were slightly low by the end of the month amid stable pulp prices and insipid demand.
PTA producers managed to lift price, but spot relents
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Asian PTA prices gave back some of its recent gains despite continuous soaring feedstock paraxylene prices since early May (0.66 unit paraxylene required to produce 1 unit of PTA). The tighter domestic PTA market in China was found easing in the week ended 20 June. Sinopec restarted its four PTA plants across China on 18 June, boosting paraxylene sentiment as demand will resume from these four units, hence prices soared in the week. The contract price for PX in Asia failed to reach a settlement for June, the eighth time in the last 10 months leaving PTA makers to enter spot.