resin pricing

Materials

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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polystyrene

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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polyolefins

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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polystyrene

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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polyolefins

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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Commodity Resins

Prices of PE, PP, PVC Up; PS, PET Flat

While prices moved up for three of the five commodity resins, there was potential for a flat trajectory for the rest of the third quarter.

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Commodity Resins

Prices of PE, PP, PVC, PET Largely Firm, Flat for PS

By most measures, pricing for the five commodity resins appeared to be holding firm going into the third quarter.

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