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15.08.2025 UK ECONOMY  Q2 growth surprises to upside / Production activity contracts / Concerns remain about months ahead

11.08.2025 UK CONSTRUCTION  Output falls at sharpest level in five years / Decline in housebuilding to blame – report

05.08.2025 TRADE WAR  EU-US tariff deal to stir issues for plastics industry in CEE, Finland

01.08.2025 EVENTS Central European Plastics Meeting returns to Budapest in September

31.07.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY ITALY  Modest rebound in virgin materials / Compostables stabilise / Flat demand in 2025

30.07.2025 PLASTICS DISTRIBUTION  Major challenges ahead for plastics traders / Increasing dependence on China, US

28.07.2025 TRADE WAR  EU, US strike 15% tariff deal / Zero-for-zero tariffs agreed for some strategic products

25.07.2025 EU POLICY  Commission presents new seven-year budget / Council, Parliament oppose taxation plans

24.07.2025 PLASTICS ECONOMY GERMANY  Hope as a guiding principle / Plastics industry takes cautious “wait and see” approach / Sales volumes and prices remain problematic / One third satisfied with new government – KI Dialog survey

23.07.2025 TRADE WAR  Some EU states want massive response to US tariffs – reports / Berlin, Paris prefer major pushback / Japan settles for 15%

23.07.2025 ITALY  PVC demand in 2024 stabilises at previous year's level / No actual recovery from sharp 2023 decline

22.07.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  VCI half-year review: production, sales decline again / “Deindustrialisation is a fact”

16.07.2025 TRADE WAR  Brussels examines tariffs on US plastics, chemicals – reports / Materials part of long list of possible countermeasures

16.07.2025 POLYURETHANE MARKET  Strong Indian consumption boosts Asian market in 2024 / Positive outlook for next five years, with fastest growth in India and Indonesia – IAL Consultants

16.07.2025 PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY  First-quarter production up significantly / Future seems dim – Plastics Europe

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