LPDE

Prices U.S.: 85-90 cts/lb del March contracts; $1,170-$1,200/m.t. fob, spot exports EUROPE: €1,070-€1,090/m.t. del March contracts; $1,045-$1,065/m.t. fob ASIA: $1,325-$1,350/m.t. c&f, spot Outlook Global low-density polyethylene (LDPE) demand grew 2.7% in 2006, to 18.3 million m.t., about 17% of total polyolefins consumption, says Nexant ChemSystems (Houston). LDPE demand growth is expected slow to about 2%/year through 2020, to about 24.1 million m.t., because of competition from linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), ChemSystems says...

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