resin pricing

Commodity Resins

July 2025: Prices for Volume Resins Flat to Down Heading to Third Quarter

Apparent stabilization was driven by supply-and-demand dynamics, but the uncertainty of tariffs and the hurricane season are looming.

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resin pricing

June 2025: Prices for the Five Commodity Resins Flat to Down

This overall resin pricing trend could continue into the start of the third quarter.

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resin pricing

May 2025: Prices for 4 of the 5 Commodity Resins Flat-to-Down

PET is the exception from this general trajectory, at least for now.

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PVC

April 2025: Mixed Bag for Prices of Volume Resins

The end of the first quarter marked higher prices for polyolefins and relatively flat pricing for nearly all other resins.

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Commodity Resins

March 2025 Resin Pricing: Commodity Resin Prices Firm Up

Unplanned and planned production disruptions, rising feedstock costs and variables such as the potential impact of pending tariffs all factor in.

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resin pricing

Prices Generally Trending Upward for the Five Commodity Resins

Scheduled and unscheduled production disruptions, and projected higher feedstock costs could be key factors.

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polystyrene

Prices of Volume Resins Drop by Year-End

Entering 2025, prices of major commodity and volume resins are generally in a ‘buyer’s market.’

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Materials

Prices Drop for All Five Commodity Resins

While PE price reductions were not as apparent, they too were following the year-end price trajectory of PP, PS, PVC and PET.

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resin pricing

Prices of PP, PET Drop; PE, PS and PVC to Follow

Going into fourth quarter, prices of the five commodity resins were heading downward, barring supply interruptions.

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polystyrene

Prices Flat-to-Down for All Volume Resins

This month’s resin pricing report includes PT’s quarterly check-in on select engineering resins, including nylon 6 and 66.

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