- Plasticizers also stable on week- Demand slow globallyExport and domestic oxo-alcohol prices held
steady, while plasticizers maintained the previous market structure, on the
week ended June 22 amid low demand. No new spot
export or contract domestic indications were heard for normal butanol and
2-ethylhexanol during the June 16-22 period. Upstream,
spot polymer-grade propylene prices rose 1.5 cents/lb during the same period
after increasing by the same amount during the prior week. Recent
market feedback indicates thin trading activity in US oxo-alcohols. Plasticizers
dioctyl terephthalate and diisononyl phthalate were assessed stable on the
week, based on corroborated price indications heard at 90 cents/lb for DOTP and
91 cents/lb for DINP during the week ended June 22. The current
assessed levels for DOTP and DINP are the lowest since February 2021. "For
the time being, there...