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The US-China trade war and how it is affecting the polyester chain
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Report summary
The polyester industry has been mired in uncertainties since the start of the US-China trade war last year. China is the world's biggest textile and polyester manufacturing base and the US is arguably its most important market. Trade tensions curtailing Chinese textile exports to the US will and have started to impact on the polyester industry. And it's not only the textile and polyester producers feeling the pinch; the rest of the polyester chain is also affected by this trade war.
Table of contents
- Executive Summary
- Polyester fibres
- Other polyesters
- Polyester raw materials
- Conclusion
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Daily prices in the polyester chain: Chinese renminbi and US dollar
- US dollar versus Chinese renminbi as of 2 July 2019
- China daily fabric transactions from January 2018
- US PTA imports and exports
- US MEG exports to China and rest of the world
- New EO/MEG capacities
- US PX exports to China, and rest of the world
What's included
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