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09.03.2021 RUSSIA  Billions in petrochemicals investments seek to make country an export nation by 2025 / Nord Stream 2 as acid test / Domestic demand grows faster than polymer production

08.03.2021 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  Output falls 2% in 2020, but Cefic forecasts 3% growth for 2021 / Cost of EU's Green Deal plans clouds economic outlook

26.02.2021 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS USA  Slow restart of polymer production / Problems from frost damage, shortage of spare parts and supply-chain failures

19.02.2021 PLASTICS ECONOMY  PIE Readers Survey: Mostly optimistic business mood in Europe's plastics industry / Increasing willingness to invest / Feedstock costs and availability main issues / Return to pre-pandemic levels not before 2021

18.02.2021 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS USA  Polymer production on hold in multiple locations / Oil production in Texas reduced by 80%

18.02.2021 PLASTICS RECYCLING CANADA  North American country joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation's global “Plastics Pact” / Commitment towards zero plastic-waste economy by 2025

15.02.2021 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  UNEP launches circular economy coalition for Latin America and the Caribbean

10.02.2021 TURKEY  Plastics association proposes solutions to surging resin prices / Domestic producers should sell to local processors / Calls for pausing import duties

08.02.2021 PLASTICS ECONOMY  Turbulent business development in German-speaking Europe due to coronavirus crisis / Diversification pays off / Exports weaken slightly / Investments pick up / Considerable opposition to “EU plastic tax”

02.02.2021 UPDATE - PVC  Additional bottlenecks expected / Several producers face problems with primary products / Low inventory levels

01.02.2021 PLASTIC PACKAGING UK  Report calls for higher bag prices at UK supermarkets to reduce plastics use

28.01.2021 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TURKEY  Plastics use in vehicles seen down 15% in 2020 / Automobile production forecast 14% lower / Pandemic said to have cost domestic car parts industry at least USD 5 bn

27.01.2021 ASIA  Economic activity set to rebound in 2021 / Slow, partial decoupling from China / New US administration to have positive effect on Chinese relations / Atradius report

22.01.2021 PLASTICS RECYCLING CHINA  Unilever and online trading giant Alibaba to cooperate in China / Over 500 reverse vending machines

21.01.2021 PLASTICS INDUSTRY  Pandemic hits economy / Global plastics production nears 370m t in 2019 / European output loses market share / Full recovery expected in 2022 / PlasticsEurope report

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