{"id":7160,"date":"2021-01-26T18:45:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/?p=7160"},"modified":"2021-01-26T18:45:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:45:29","slug":"%d1%8f%d0%bd%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%82%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b5-%d1%86%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d0%bf%d1%81-%d0%b2-%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/%d1%8f%d0%bd%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%82%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b5-%d1%86%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d0%bf%d1%81-%d0%b2-%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bf\/","title":{"rendered":"January PS contract prices in Europe hit a high since November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7161\" src=\"http:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/392-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/392-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/392-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/392-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/392-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/392.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The January contract prices for polystyrene (PS) in Europe increased by EUR110-120 per tonne for both general-purpose polystyrene (PSS \/ M) and impact resistant materials (HPS \/ M), which was driven by an increase of EUR108 per tonne of styrene feedstock. reported by ICIS.<\/p>\n<p>Prices reached their highest level since November 2018. Supply remains limited, materials are sold out, and suppliers are unable to meet all requests despite operating at maximum capacity. Buyers cannot receive additional volumes.<\/p>\n<p>Imports remain low due to less availability of shipping containers, higher raw material costs and delivery delays.<\/p>\n<p>The demand for home appliances was high in January, especially for refrigerators. This trend has continued since 2020 and is expected to continue throughout the first quarter. Food packaging demand remains stable and in some cases better than expected due to the need to use single-use packaging under quarantine conditions due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Demand in the construction sector remains seasonally low, but stable due to winter weather conditions. Demand may be affected by a lack of investment in new projects due to the financial impact of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>According to MRC&#8217;s ScanPlast, in Russia, the estimated consumption of PS and styrene plastics for eleven months of 2020 amounted to 454.99 thousand tons, which corresponds to the consumption indicator for the same period a year earlier. The estimated consumption of PS and styrene plastics in November increased by 4% compared to November 2019 and amounted to 45.83 thousand tons.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The January contract prices for polystyrene (PS) in Europe increased by EUR110-120 per tonne for both general-purpose polystyrene (PSS \/ M) and impact resistant materials (HPS \/ M), which was driven by an increase of EUR108 per tonne of styrene feedstock. reported by ICIS. Prices reached their highest level since November 2018. Supply remains limited, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default vslmd-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/%d1%8f%d0%bd%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%82%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b5-%d1%86%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d0%bf%d1%81-%d0%b2-%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bf\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[228,402,786,686,666,1019],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7162,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160\/revisions\/7162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}