The average price on US exports of PVC has doubled between June 2020 and January 2021 and further increases are expected in the wake of weather-related outages in February.
The average US export price of uncompounded PVC in January 2021 shot to $1257/ton, double what it was in June. Supplies were limited and shipments in January of 207,000 tons were down 14% from the prior January. Although exports to Canada, Mexico and several other markets were up, there were large percentage declines to China, UAE, Nigeria, India and others.
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From International Trader Publications’ US Polymer Trade Report, a monthly publication issued as soon as US statistics are released and analyzing US imports and exports of all polymers of ethylene, propylene, styrene, VCM and PET.