Episode 949: Q1 2023 global plasticizers outlook

Plasticizers market participants across the globe are closely monitoring demand in China and exports from northeast Asia following the easing zero-tolerance COVID-19 policies in China and the end of the Lunar New Year holidays.A steady flow of northeast Asian plasticizer exports have arrived in the European and US markets. However, European sellers are keen to see import pressures ease as the local market is oversupplied and spot prices in the region have plummeted. Asia-Pacific plasticizers editor, Li Peng Seng, and US plasticizers editor, Larry Terry, join European plasticizers editor, Nicole Simpson, to discuss the outlook for regional demand, global production and export flows.