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• Asia MMA: Upstream prices make slow recovery / MMA inventories run low / PMMA prices face pressure
• Asian Styrene Monomer: Prices dip amid sluggish demand, crude oil decline / China port inventories rise 2,400 mt WOW / ABS plant rates fall to 57.28% on soft demand
• Asian Nylon Chain: Prices mixed amid upstream volatility, slow demand / Slow demand across nylon chain ahead summer lull / China's Tianchen Qixiang plans to shut its 200,000 mt/year HMDA plant for maintenance Nylon 6
• European Polyoxymethylene: Prices drop amid persistently weak fundamentals / Prices fall on weak European demand / Market watchful of methanol supply
• Asian Recycled PET: Prices extend decline on weak demand, stabilizing bale prices / Southeast Asia buyers hold full inventories / Malaysian and Thai bale prices stabilize
• Asian PET: Prices ease as buying momentum slows / Softer upstream costs weigh on market / China polyester producers eye more rate cuts amid high inventories
• Asian ABS: Prices fall as demand softens / Asian ABS prices drop $30/mt amid weak demand / Upstream styrene decline pressures ABS market
• South Asian PP: Prices fall with reduced offers from China / Raffia-BOPP spread remains narrow / Raffia-COPOL spread stays wide amid tight availability
• Asia Polypropylene: Markets diverge as China tightens while Southeast Asia weakens / Asian PP prices show mixed movements / Chinese domestic offers raise Chinese-origin cargo offers in SE Asia / Strong supply in SE Asia weighs down prices
• Asian Recycled HDPE: Prices stable to lower amid weaker demand / Rise in US domestic demand may support SE Asia prices / EU export ban impact delayed until June shipments