In the first half of 2022, the PVC export market increased year-on-year. In the first quarter, affected by the global economic recession and the epidemic, many domestic export companies indicated that the demand for external disks was relatively reduced. However, since the beginning of May, with the improvement of the epidemic situation and a series of measures introduced by the Chinese government to encourage economic recovery, the operating rate of domestic PVC production enterprises has been relatively high, the PVC export market has warmed up, and the demand for external disks has increased. The number shows a certain growth trend, and the overall performance of the market has improved compared with the previous period.

Economical, versatile polyvinyl chloride (PVC, or vinyl) is used in a variety of applications in the building and construction, health care, electronics, automobile and other sectors, in products ranging from piping and siding, blood bags and tubing, to wire and cable insulation, windshield system components and more.

Recently, the LLDPE unit of the Polyolefin Center of Yuneng Chemical Company successfully produced DFDA-7042S, a sprayable polyethylene product. It is understood that the sprayable polyethylene product is a product derived from the rapid development of downstream processing technology. The special polyethylene material with spraying performance on the surface solves the problem of poor coloring performance of polyethylene and has high gloss.The product can be used in decoration and protection fields, suitable for children's products, vehicle interiors, packaging materials, as well as large industrial and agricultural storage tanks, toys, road guardrails, etc., and the market prospect is very considerable.

According to the latest news,Pengerang in Johor Bahru,Malaysia,has restarted its 350,000-ton/year linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) unit on July 4, but the unit may take a while to Achieve stable operation. Besides, its Spheripol technology 450,000 tons/year polypropylene (PP) plant, 400,000 tons/year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant and Spherizone technology 450,000 tons/year polypropylene (PP) plant are also expected to increase from this month to restart. According to Argus' assessment, the price of LLDPE in Southeast Asia without tax on July 1 is US$1360-1380/ton CFR, and the price of PP wire drawing in Southeast Asia on July 1 is US$1270-1300/ton CFR without tax.