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09.09.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  Disappointing Q2 for 2025 / Production continues to decline / Plant utilisation falls to dangerously low level

02.09.2025 TRADE WAR  EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment

28.08.2025 USA  Plastics machinery shipments steady in Q2 / Wider processing sentiment remains cautious

28.08.2025 PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY  GKV reports further revenue drop in H1 / Packaging leads decline

25.08.2025 RECYCLING CENTRAL ASIA  Kazakhstan MPs seek state aid for plastics waste recycling / EPR system to take off in Uzbekistan in 2026 / Waste management in embryonic stage in some countries

22.08.2025 TURKEY  Business profitability falls to lowest level in five years / Exports edge up despite dip in European sales / General economic uncertainty plagues operations

20.08.2025 UPDATE - PETCHEM INDUSTRY ASIA  South Korean government demands country's largest petchem producers restructure operations / Crisis result of overcapacity, outdated manufacturing methods

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

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