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Abi will answer all Polycarbonate related
procurement queries with relevant data points
Abi - AI powered digital procurement assistant
Get up-to-date market and supplier info on Polycarbonate to help you build
Intelligence covers market and price outlook, SWOT analysis, demand & supply drivers, engagement models and Procurement best practices
Intelligence on category covers the following aspects market outlook, supply market, SWOT analysis, Cost components & Price outlook, Demand and supply drivers, Engagement Models and Procurement Best Practices
Assess Supplier Risk based on key risk and compliance parameters
Supplier assessment covers the following parameters Financial Risk, Ethical, Labor, Environmental Compliance, IT Security.
Supplier assessment is powered by world’s leading data partners including D&B, CreditSafe, Dow Jones, Refinitiv, Orpheus
Identify right fit suppliers based on your selection criteria including revenue, capabilities, certification, geography
Select suppliers based on industry, country, classification from a database of 4.2 mn suppliers. Get detailed supplier profiles with supplier capabilities, revenue, certifications, risk ratings
Benchmark your category performance against peers and the market
Measure category performance on 15 key parameters across cost, risk and strategy KPIs
Get information on key factors affecting your supply
Source Macro Data and Market Indices information from leading data sources across these key areas - Labor Rates, Currency, Energy, Country Risk, Trade Flow/Transportation, Port Data, Tariff, Weather and Epidemics
3.4 Percent
0.77 MMT
1.22 MMT
Category Intelligence on Polycarbonate covers the following
Even though the global PC market is currently oversupplied, the absence of required additions in line with the expected improvement in demand may lead to high operating rates within the suppliers
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Pricing Formula
P (PC) = Monthly contract prices for feedstock + Fixed component + Premium
P (PC) = Resin prices quoted in the index for the month [CMAI/CDI/Platts] +/- margin%
Producer margins are observed to be the highest in North America (20– 25 percent) followed by Europe (15 –18 percent) and Asia (12–15 percent)
P (PC) = Resin index prices for the month + Conversion cost + Margins
Market Outlook
● Polycarbonate market analysis shows that in 2017, 0.49 MMT of supply deficit was observed on a global level
● Exports from Asia were observed to be higher compared to imports during 2017
● Imports and exports remained at the same level in North America, as supply was constrained in the market, due to plant shutdowns
● The import dependency of China is expected to reduce with capacity addition
● Plants operating at high rates are expected to support the domestic supply levels
● South Korea, Thailand and the US are the major suppliers of the polycarbonate industry with trade surpluses of 0.50 MMT, ~0.40 MMT, and ~0.33 MMT, respectively
● Global exports witnessed an increase of 12 percent during 2018, due to increasing demand for PC from automobile and construction industries
● The polycarbonate price trends show that PC prices in US witnessed a marginal increase of 0.5 percent on a M-o-M basis.
The polycarbonate market research report gives the cost structure breakdown, polycarbonate price trends and forecast analysis. It gives the regional capacity share by suppliers and does a SWOT analysis of major players like Covestro, Sabic IP, Trinseo, etc. It details the polycarbonate industry drivers, constraints and technological innovations.
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