分类： Aromatics & Intermediates

EU acrylic acid imports fell 64% from 2020 to 2025 to 5,315 tonnes; in the 12 months to August 2026 China took 58% of the import book, its material priced 41% below Korean lots.

EU extra-bloc polypropylene imports rose 10.6% in January-August 2026 to 1.13 million tonnes while the border price climbed 47% from February; Saudi Arabia lost 105,000 tonnes and Kazakhstan tripled.

EU caustic soda imports held at 1.39 Mt in the year to August 2026 while China, Korea and India lifted their combined share to 27%, and European chlor-alkali utilisation fell to 59.6%.

EU27 extra-EU ethylene imports rose 28.6% in January-August 2026 to 1.09 Mt, with the US at 68.2% of volume and unit values down 10.1% to EUR 912/t; UK-origin volumes fell to zero by May.

EU o-xylene imports rose 22.0% in January-August 2026 while the declared unit value climbed 43.9% from its 2025 low; China supplies 33.6% of the extra-EU book, up from 13.5% in 2024.

EU27 isopropanol imports rose 8.7% to 115,316 tonnes in the twelve months to August 2026 at EUR 1,008 a tonne while exports fell 14.5%; two origins supply 90% of the import book.

EU27 ethylbenzene imports doubled to 142,475 tonnes in the year to August 2026 while exports fell 34%, flipping Europe to a net importer as China supplied 77.6% of the 2026 import book.

EU ethylene dichloride exports rose 56% to 540,168 t in the year to August 2026 at EUR 165/t, while imports cost EUR 444/t — a 2.7x gap between two customs books.

EU27 cyclohexane imports fell 82% in January-August 2026 as Saudi-origin arrivals dropped 93%; the US now supplies 56% of the residual book at EUR 1,034 per tonne.

EU aniline imports fell 8.7% to 273,991 t in the year to August 2026 at EUR 1,156/t, the lowest since 2021; the UK, China and the US supplied the entire book as Chinese prices rose 82%.

EU maleic anhydride imports rose 61% in 2025 to 85,239 t after Huntsman closed Moers; China now supplies 71% of the 2026 import book at EUR 921/t. Monthly data to August 2026.

EU ethyl acetate imports fell 5.1% to 295,956 tonnes in the year to August 2026 while China's share doubled to 22.9% and the import price bottomed at EUR 695 per tonne in March.

EU MMA imports held at 218,520 t in the year to August 2026, but the import unit value fell to EUR 1,379/t in January and rebounded 62% by August. Saudi parcels set the floor.

EU27 MEK imports rose 7.3% to 98,791 t in the year to August 2026, two-thirds of it from the UK while China's share halved; import unit values rose 69% between March and August.

EU propylene oxide imports fell 21.8% in Jan-Aug 2026 while exports doubled to 22,026 t, mostly to the US; Saudi Arabia went from zero to 17.2% of imports. Monthly data to August 2026.

EU acetic acid imports held at 593,814 t in the 12 months to August 2026 while value fell 10.9%; China's share doubled to 17.1% and US material cleared at 335 EUR/t.

EU27 isocyanate imports rose 37% to 130,635 t in the year to August 2026 as the US flipped from customer to supplier; unit values fell 13.4% to 2,164 EUR/t.

EU27 PVC imports rose 79.3% to 666,718 t in the year to August 2026 as Korean, Chinese and Taiwanese volumes doubled, unit values bottomed in February, and an anti-dumping probe opened.

EU27 extra-EU methanol imports fell 7.9% to 5.64 million tonnes in the year to August 2026 while the monthly import unit value jumped 67%, from 281 to 470 EUR/t, as Gulf supply collapsed.

EU27 propylene glycol imports doubled to 104,120 t in the year to August 2026, with China supplying 62.6%; unit values fell 8.5% to 1,049 EUR/t before turning up sharply from June.

EU acrylic ester imports hit 21,390 t in June 2026, the highest month since January 2024, after the EU opened an anti-dumping case on butyl acrylate and 2-EHA; China's share reached 49.5% in July.

EU 1,4-butanediol imports fell 65% year on year in Q2 2026 while unit values rose 46%, after anti-dumping duties closed off Chinese, Saudi and US supply; Taiwan now supplies 100% of imports.

EU27 bisphenol A imports reached 48,703 t in the 12 months to July 2026, 83.8% from Korea, as the EU food-contact BPA phase-out period ended on 20 July 2026. Import volume fell 15.9% year on year.

EU27 imports of monoethylene glycol reached 504,584 t in the 12 months to July 2026, 99.2% from the United States and Saudi Arabia, with average unit values up 58% between February and July 2026.

EU27 imports of terephthalic acid reached 520,442 tonnes in the 12 months to July 2026; Korea and Mexico, now under EU anti-dumping duties, supplied 27.7%, down from 53.1% in January-July 2025.

EU27 imports of polyether polyols reached 207,585 t in the 12 months to July 2026; China supplied 51.8% at EUR 1,220/t, 39% below other origins, as the EU opened a dumping probe.

Caprolactam trade data to 2025 with a 2026 monthly update: verified U.S. annual flows and monthly unit values through June 2026 for procurement and market analysis.

Toluene trade data to 2025 with a 2026 monthly update: verified U.S. annual flows and EU27 monthly unit values through July 2026 for market analysis.

EU27 extra-EU acrylonitrile trade reached 88.9m EUR of imports and 41.9m EUR of exports in the latest 12 months to July 2026, with monthly volumes and implied unit values.

Phenol and acetone trade data to 2025 plus EU monthly flows to July 2026: unit values, India and US monthly series, and Europe's capacity closures.

EU27 extra-EU p-xylene (HS 2902 43) exports ran 173.3 m EUR on 203.2 kt in the twelve months to July 2026 against imports of 135.6 m EUR on 144.5 kt, so Europe sells more of the molecule than it buys. In the matched January, February, April, May and June window imports fell 22.5% in volume and exports 15.8%, while the implied import unit value rose from 767 to 1,058 EUR/t. Saudi Arabia held 61.7% of import value while India and the United States became material origins, and the export book narrowed to 77.4% to Mexico and 22.5% to the United States, whose matched-window total was -47.8%.

EU27 extra-EU styrene imports ran 678.8 m EUR on 733.4 kt in the twelve months to July 2026, while January-July imports were 35.9% below their value and 33.1% below their volume a year earlier; exports rose 48.8% to 161.0 m EUR. The United States and Saudi Arabia carried 90.3% of import value and both fell, China and Taiwan grew fastest from a small base, and the implied import unit value swung from 754 to 1,361 EUR/t.

EU adipic acid imports ran 89.7 m EUR in the year to July 2026, with the US at 51.7% of value and China 36.2% - a reversal of 2025, after definitive EU anti-dumping duties on Chinese material took effect.

Benzene trade across a fixed panel of reporting economies reached a five-year high, and EU statistics now show India as the largest single origin of extra-EU benzene imports in July 2026. Full import/export tables, unit values and sourcing map.