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Chemical companies can gain recognition as leaders in innovation, and also evaluate their own new product pipeline by taking part in the ICIS Innovation Awards, according to last year's winner. ICIS Chemical Business deputy editor, Will Beacham, interviews David Dupont, Arkema’s vice president specialty polyamides. Click here to find out how to enter this year’s  ICIS Innovation Awards. Entry deadline Friday 7 June. 

SINGAPORE (ICIS) -- Northeast Asia continued to see an oversupply of ethylene, and downstream margins remained weak. The supply-demand balance is expected to improve with a slowdown in capacity growth in China. In southeast Asia, the market is likely to continue to be under pressure in H2 2024.NE Asia in oversupply as players begin looking to H2 2024 arrivalsStandalone-based derivatives margins remain weakNE Asia and US arbitrage weighs on SE Asia market, downstream demand tepidIn this podcast, Markets Editor Josh Quah and Analysts Amy Yu and Shariene Goh discuss trends in the Asian ethylene market and what we can expect in the near future.

In this podcast, ICIS editors Hwee Hwee Tan and Jady Ma discuss current trends in Asia's acetic acid market. 

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Earlier than usual re-stocking activities of gasoline blend stocks had curbed the price gains for paraxylene (PX) in Asia, while a lack of strong demand growth in the downstream purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and polyester markets had kept market confidence low.  Key PX bullish factor is the limited new capacity expansionsAsia adds two new downstream PTA capacities in the first half of the yearICIS expects PX prices to be supported in Q3, but Q4 to face a downward pressure In this podcast, Senior Editor Samuel Wong and Senior Analyst Jimmy Zhang discuss trends in the Asian PX market and what we can expect in the near future.

The White House announced on 14 May that it would increase tariffs on $18 billion worth of imports from China to protect American workers and businesses. How will this latest development impact China’s LPG supplies from the US, which was the second largest LPG exporter to China in 2023, following the Mideast.  In 2018, China raised the import tariff on US LPG from 1% to 25% in retaliation to tariffs hikes implemented by the former US president Donald Trump.   In this podcast, ICIS Analyst Lillian Ren shares insights on the potential impact on Chinese imports of LPG, including propane and butane. 

SINGAPORE (ICIS) -- The ample supply of propylene in Asia as well as some new polypropylene (PP) capacities in China is expected to weigh on discussions in SE Asia in the coming months.Asia C3 to see length from China PDH restarts, SE Asia volumesChina PP exports to weigh on SE Asia discussions Asia PP prices to come under pressure in June-JulyIn this podcast, ICIS editors Julia Tan, Jackie Wong and Lucy Shuai discuss some of the trends in the Asian propylene and PP markets and what we can expect going forward.