resin pricing
December 2025: Lower Prices for PE, PP, PS and PVC; PET Higher
Downward trajectory continues for four of the five commodity resins amid supply/demand imbalances.
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November 2025: Prices for PE, PP, PS and PVC Flat to Down; PET an Outlier
Supply/demand imbalance leads to weak Q4 pricing, except in tariff-impacted PET.
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October 2025: Prices for Volume Resins Mostly Flat Entering Fourth Quarter
A largely flat-to-down pricing scenario seems most likely to prevail, with unknown potential weather and tariff impacts looming.
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September 2025: Prices for the 5 Commodity Resins Relatively Stable
Despite some price increase initiatives for PE, PP and PS, flat pricing dominant.
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August 2025: Prices for the 5 Commodity Resins Flat to Slightly Up
Barring weather and/or geopolitical production and supply disruptions, prices are generally steady.
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July 2025: Prices for Volume Resins Flat to Down Heading to Third Quarter
Apparent stabilization was driven by supply-and-demand dynamics, but the uncertainty of tariffs and the hurricane season are looming.
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June 2025: Prices for the Five Commodity Resins Flat to Down
This overall resin pricing trend could continue into the start of the third quarter.
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May 2025: Prices for 4 of the 5 Commodity Resins Flat-to-Down
PET is the exception from this general trajectory, at least for now.
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April 2025: Mixed Bag for Prices of Volume Resins
The end of the first quarter marked higher prices for polyolefins and relatively flat pricing for nearly all other resins.
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March 2025 Resin Pricing: Commodity Resin Prices Firm Up
Unplanned and planned production disruptions, rising feedstock costs and variables such as the potential impact of pending tariffs all factor in.
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