Chinese port congestion interrupts global plastic supply chain
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Report summary
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Background
- Ningbo Zhoushan is China’s second largest port by containers handled and the largest by total volume handled
- Port suspension will impact HDPE resin imports, but likely to be offset by ramping domestic capacities and other East China ports
- The impact on plastic end product exports is the major issue
- Chinese trade partners repatriating the converting operations due to supply chain issues
- Major Conclusions
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- Ningbo Zhoushan port polyethylene imports consist of more HDPE than other grades
- Production of Chinese plastic end products increased by 18.2% in H1 2021, stable from April
- Chinese major export partners of film, profile and pipe
- US downstream operation rate has picked up since April
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