India Recycled PET: Prices fall as high freight rates dent exports / Upstream bottle bales prices steady week over week / Asian R-PET flake, pellets prices stable week over week

Sep 05, 2026

Indian recycled polyethylene terephthalate prices fell in the week to Sept. 2, as moderating domestic and export demand, as well as persistently high freight costs for exports, weighed on trade discussions, while upstream bottle bales prices remained stable, market participants said. premium R-PET clear flakes with a PVC content of less than 30 parts per million at $920/metric ton FOB India, down $15/mt day over day as well as week over week, and R-PET food-grade pellets with a minimum intrinsic viscosity of 0.8 at $1,200/mt FOB India, down $10/mt day over day as well as week over week on Sept. 2. domestic ex-works R-PET food- grade pellets down 1 Indian rupee/kg day over day, as well as week over week, at 114 rupees/kg. Feedstock bottle bale prices were heard unchanged...

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