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Global Polyester Fibers & Feedstocks

Chemical Market Advisory Service: Global Polyester Fibers & Feedstocks (formerly CMAI Polyester Feedstocks & Fibers Market Advisory Service) helps clients understand the current and future market dynamics for key polyester fiber types and their feedstocks. In a rapidly fluctuating industry, this weekly and monthly service provides the essential data you need to optimize your market position.

New market entrants in Asia and the Middle East, consolidation in Europe and the Americas, volatility in production costs—these are just several of the issues facing stakeholders in the polyester value chain. Chemical Market Advisory Service: Global Polyester Fibers & Feedstocks helps you successfully navigate this ever-changing landscape by leveraging our comprehensive analysis of world polyester markets, from upstream feedstock suppliers to downstream fiber producers and consumers.

Through regular, personal contact with key industry participants, Chemical consultants gather industry-specific data, which they then analyze and translate into valuable insights and forecasting advice. Clients receive weekly price data, along with extensive monthly coverage of price forecasts and key market fundamentals.

Products covered:
  • Paraxylene
  • Monoethylene Glycol - Fiber Grade (MEG)
  • Terephthalic Acid (PTA)
  • Dimethyl Terephthalate (DMT)
  • Polyester [Spinning Chip; Fiberfill and Textile Staple; Textile and Industrial Filament]
  • Cotton

Deliverables

Subscribers to Chemical Market Advisory Service: Global Polyester Fibers & Feedstocks receive:
Weekly Market Snapshot:
  • Up-to-the-minute review of polyester and its feedstocks
  • Developments in pricing, market trading ranges, margins/economics and operating rates
  • Available in Chinese
Monthly Market Analysis
Summary
  • Emailed at beginning of month
  • Price forecasts for the major synthetic fibers and their feedstocks for the US, Western Europe and the Far East
  • Commentary on significant events such as operational and trade changes
  • Process economics for covered products
  • Current and near-term supply/demand conditions
  • Insightful analysis of events affecting future markets
Data Supplement
  • International trade statistics for the main products (emailed monthly)
  • Supply/demand balance supplement, price/productions economics supplement and plant operating schedules
Chemical Economy & Energy Overview Report
  • The Chemical Economy & Energy Overview Report (formerly CMAI Economy & Energy Overview Report):
    • Emailed at month's end
    • Monthly global economic updates
    • Quarterly regional economic updates
    • Valuable crude oil and natural gas data
  • Access to Chemical consultants who will provide a reasonable amount of consulting, explanation and basic support in order to understand the analysis
  • A user name and password for unlimited Internet downloads
  • Unlimited access to our proprietary price and production economics database:
    • Monthly price forecast and cash margin data updated weekly
    • Historical data archives
  • Data from our extensive database upon request

Events

IHS Markit Webinar 28 October 2020

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