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European Plastics News and Price Reports

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Traffic backs up at Panama Canal / Ships pay record sums for passage

04.09.2026 — By Plasteurope.com staff — USD 5.3 mn, or the equivalent of EUR 4.6 mn – that is how much it cost a South Korean energy company a few days ago to have a liquefied natural gas tanker pass through the Panama Canal, according to media reports. Never has such a high sum been paid for passage through t...

04.09.2026 PLASTICS TAX UK  Revenues from PPT fall 4% / Volumes of taxable material decline by 7%

03.09.2026 ORLEN  Takeover of Grupa Azoty Polyolefins moves step closer / Green light received from competition authority

03.09.2026 SOCAR  Polyolefin anti-dumping probes end, averting new polymer duties / Producer retains access to Russian market / Import competition challenges Sibur's pricing power

02.09.2026 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Russia's largest polyolefin plant suspends operations following drone strike / Capacity concentration weakens Russian petchem industry / Experts say polymer shortage unlikely

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04.09.2026 POLYBLEND  Compounder plans to modernise production line for plastic compounds containing recycled materials

04.09.2026 PLASTIC FANTASTIC Do no evil, speak no evil: Striking compromise on greenhouse gas / Waiting for “Trump 2” to be history

03.09.2026 POLYMER PRICES  Engineering thermoplastics August: Most prices remain in rollover / Abundant supply, weak summer holiday demand / Stable to slightly falling prices expected in September

03.09.2026 POLYMER PRICES  Composites/GRP August: Largely uneventful month / Weak demand leaves little scope for price movement in coming weeks

03.09.2026 DEMETER Start-up launches biobased water- and oil-repellent coating for textiles as alternative to PFAS

02.09.2026 POLYMER PRICES  Paraxylene August: Reduced availability drives up contract price

02.09.2026 POLYMER PRICES  Polyethylene August: With demand weak, producers' hopes remain unfulfilled / Small reductions and a rollover / Little price movement expected in September

02.09.2026 POLYMER PRICES  Polypropylene August: Prices decouple from higher C3 contract / Ample supply meets very weak demand / No revival expected in September

02.09.2026 POLYMER PRICES  Styrenics August: Prices turn upwards despite extremely weak demand / Price roller coaster continues in September / Dissatisfaction with SM contract as basis for price setting

02.09.2026 POLYMER PRICES  Ethylene September: Improved availability puts slight downward pressure on contract

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