Asian PP Market Trend: China Export Surge

Asian Polypropylene: Down on weak demand / Chinese PP exports may surpass 2024 level / Few imports to India from China

Jun 08, 2026

The Asian polypropylene market was weak in the week to Sept. 17 on lower discussions. Demand for all homopolymer and copolymer grades in China was heard to be extremely weak due to sufficient supplies. Chinese inventories were heard to be high. Many Southeast Asian converters were heard to be buying locally due to sufficient supplies from local factories. Some Chinese traders pointed to India's Oct. 24 deadline for implementing the Bureau of Indian Standards mandate on PP and said Chinese imports to India would slow from now on. Chinese polypropylene exports are set to rise as domestic market challenges intensify, with trade flows shifting toward high-growth regions of South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia, said Feng Shaohua, director of polymers news and research management at. Feng said China's PP exports...

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