ARGUS Polyethylene Outlook

The Argus Polyethylene Outlook service gives you a strategic view of the industry, including regional dynamics and feedstock insights, in a single report.

It provides a 24-month rolling price forecast and forward-looking analysis of global polyethylene supply and demand, trade flows and market dynamics. Each month you will receive a PDF report with high-impact visuals delivered straight to your inbox and an excel file of extractable data available on the Argus Direct platform.

Key benefits:

• Make better decisions with strategic insight into short and medium-term developments, price forecast analysis, and market insights
• Identify arbitrage and trade opportunities throughout the forecast period with regional and inter-regional analyses, independent price data and expert market insight
• Mitigate risk to your business with information on potential regulations, policy changes, and supply/demand outlooks

Key features

• 24-month rolling price forecast and forward-looking analysis of global polyethylene supply and demand, price spreads and market drivers for each region
• 5-year forecast issued annually
• Analysis of energy assumptions, feedstocks and production economics plus updates on supply disruptions and capacity additions
• Regional commentaries, including trade flows and import/export data, freight and supply chain insights
• Review of key market sensitivities and bull/bear risks that could affect price forecasts
• “What’s changed” summary highlighting major developments affecting forecast updates
• High-impact visuals and clear executive summary overviews
• Analyst access
• Downloadable datasets

Global markets covered

• Ethylene
• High-density polyethylene (HDPE)
• Low-density polyethylene (LDPE)
• Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE)
• Crude
• Natural gas/NGLs
• Naphtha

Customers that benefit

Sales and marketing, procurement, and strategic planners in:

• PE/PP producers
• Converters 
• Brand owners
• Other end use markets eg appliances, automotive
• Traders and distributors
• Feedstock suppliers
• Financial institutions
• Packaging warehouses

Argus’ in-depth data and insight are delivered by experts across the value chain, from wellhead to warehouse, located in 26 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centres.