Until mid-august in the US, HDPE demand was steady on e-commerce box packaging, rigid container demand, and building construction, while exports softened. Feedstock ethylene lost x.xxx, lowering Gulf Coast producers&#xx; costs. Texas and Louisiana integrated hubs slowed shipments to Mexico, Canada, China, Belgium, and Brazil, while recycled resin pulled back with film scrap advancing from $x.xx to $x.xx/lb lowering HDPE reliant.
Brazil&#xx;s import prices of HDPE increased by x.xxx because of ongoing reliance on Colombia, China, and the U.S. Domestic capacity of HDPE in Brazil is limited, and big facilities in São Paulo and Bahia could only generate enough to meet domestic industrial packaging and construction needs. Demand was dominated by tourism, retail, food processing, and agriculture, but construction was slowed by input prices and a projected Selic rate of xx.xxx. Flexible products such as pouches, multilayer films, and bioplastics gained...
