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India Recycled PE: Prices rangebound amid higher virgin prices / Would like to take advantage of higher demand instead of altering prices: source / Expectations going forward mixed

Jul 25, 2026

Amid the onset of the US-Middle East crisis and virgin prices trending upwards, recycled HDPE blow molding continued to hold steady week over week to July 22. A trader said that they “would like to take advantage of higher demand instead of increasing prices,” and another trader concurred. A recycler also said they would not be revising their prices upward just yet as they had just lowered the prices last week. the recycled high-density polyethylene nonfood- grade black color deodorized pellets with a melt flow index between 0.3 and 0.7 when tested at a sample size of 2.16 kg at Rupees 99/kg. Market players remained mixed on the way forward. While several recyclers believed that the current virgin price spike was short term, and with the onset of monsoon prices...

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