Market participants said on June 7 that European polyethylene terephthalate prices have risen sharply by about 30% in the first five months of this year due to unprecedented supply shortages.
A trader stated that the supply of PET in the European market was very tight in June and will continue to be tense in July. He believes that the tight supply situation may ease from the end of August to September, when PET prices will fall back.
Severe supply shortages in the European market and a series of unplanned shutdowns of PET plants worldwide have caused the market to become chaotic. Analysts said that the current European PET market is basically priceless, and PET spot prices have exceeded 1,350 Euros/ton. (FD, Europe), which rose by about €300/t from the beginning of the year.
A market person stated: 'The global PET market presents a structural oversupply, and oversupply mainly occurs in China, but China's PET inventory is also depleting. This is a crazy situation. 'Even if BP is fine against upstream The force majeure of PTA was cancelled last week, and the impact on the market will not be immediately effective.
A reseller said that some PET manufacturers are now in trouble because of BP's PTA supply majeure, and they will be frustrated again next month due to force majeure announcements made by South Korean PTA producer Hanwha Chemical.
There are still some customers waiting to see if the price starts to fall, but most customers are concerned about ensuring the availability of supply and not paying much attention to the price. A manufacturer stated: 'The European PET market price may rise to 1,400 euros. / Ton (FD, Europe), or even higher. 'The last time such a price appeared was in 2012, but at the time the prices of raw materials and crude oil were much higher than they are now.