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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

14.07.2025 UK ECONOMY  GDP drops for second straight month / Industrial production falls again / Construction indicator hits 30-month low

11.07.2025 UK  Polymer industry to benefit from new industrial strategy / Key sectors include advanced manufacturing / Composites set for gains

09.07.2025 RUSSIA  Polymer consumption on ice / Possible economic recession takes toll on operations / Petrochemical projects likely delayed

08.07.2025 EU POLICY  Commission to stick by emissions-reduction plan / Compromise sees carbon credits be part of total

03.07.2025 EU POLICY  Green agenda starts to wither / Is brown the new beautiful? / Macron calls for second rethink of 2040 targets

03.07.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  Industry in ‘stand-by' mode – VCI / Production, sales below previous year's level

01.07.2025 SOUTHEAST EUROPE  Romania, Bulgaria's accession to Schengen area offers benefits to plastics industry / Political uncertainty hampers execution of development plans

30.06.2025 WASTE MANAGEMENT  Truckloads of Scotland's rubbish to be sent to England due to landfill ban – BBC / Landfill ban for biodegradable municipal waste in Scotland starts 2026

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