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Prices rise for polyethylene, PET

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Regional PET bottle resin prices also were up 2 cents for the month, according to market sources contacted by Plastics News. Regional PE demand also had been down because processors had built larger-than-normal inventories after the COVID-19 pandemic, sources said. Mexico was the largest source of U.S. billion pounds in 2022.

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Commodity prices rise; engineering resins drop

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Regional PE demand also had been down because processors had built larger-than-normal inventories after the COVID-19 pandemic began, sources said. By comparison, the export market share of North American PE sales averaged only 24 percent from 2015-18. Prices for all grades of PE were down a net of 2 cents for full-year 2022.

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