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[ps daily review] market slightly lowers prices to ship goods, local transactions improve

Longzhong 2025-08-20 17:21:26

1 Today's Summary

Today, the GPPS price in East China is stable at 7,700 yuan/ton.

On Wednesday, the East China styrene market fell by 5 to 7,275 yuan/ton, South China fell by 10 to 7,330 yuan/ton, and Shandong rose by 10 to 7,190 yuan/ton. 。

2 Spot Overview

Table 1 Domestic PS Price Summary (Unit: Yuan/Ton)

Market	Specifications	Today's Price	Change in Value	Change Rate
Ningbo	East China GPPS - Green Anqing Summit	7700	0	0%
Yuyao	East China HIPS - Cyberlong	8550	-50	-0.58%
Shantou	South China GPPS - Renxin	7350	-20	-0.27%
Shantou	South China HIPS - Starlight	8150	-90	-1.09%

According to Longzhong Information, today's East China GPPS remained stable at 7,700 yuan/ton.The raw material styrene first fell and then rose, with short-term cost driving, and market trading sentiment slightly improved. Industry supply has partially recovered, and downstream low-level inquiries have led to slight price reductions for shipments, with localized transaction improvements.

Figure 1: Domestic PS Price Trend Chart from 2023 to 2025 (yuan/ton)	Figure 2: Domestic Styrene Price Trend Chart 2023-2025 (Yuan/Ton)

Data Source: Longzhong Information	Data Source: Longzhong Information

3 Production Dynamics

Table 2 Latest Developments in China's PS Production Facilities (Unit: 10,000 tons/year)

Data	Annual production capacity	Latest News
Lianyungang Petrochemical	40	7 The above content will be gradually restarted around the 20th of the month.
Shantou device	30	8 Increased to dual-line operation on the 10th of the month.
Huizhou facility	48	8 The operation will be increased to 3 lines from the 12th of the month (with 1 line opened in Phase 3).
Shinpo Chemical	17	8 The qualified products were produced on the 19th, and currently, line 1 is open.
Zhanjiang Plant	10	8 Reduced to 1 line operation on the 15th of the month.
Zhoushan Facility	40	8 The content you provided is incomplete and lacks context, making it challenging to provide an accurate translation. If you could provide more context or clarify the content, I would be happy to assist with the translation.

4 Price Prediction

The raw material styrene has stopped declining and is consolidating, providing some support for costs. Industry production has slightly recovered, and downstream just-in-time replenishment is taking place. In the short term, the PS market may see stable and tentative slight increases. It is expected that the price of transparent modified polystyrene in the East China market will be around 7,700-8,600 yuan/ton.

5 Data Calendar

Table 3 Overview of Domestic PS Data (Unit: 10,000 tons)

Data	Publication Date	Previous Data	The trend for this period is expected
PS Capacity utilization rate	Thursday 2:00 PM	56.4%	↗
PS Enterprise Inventory	Thursday 4:00 PM	8.3	↘
Data Source: Longzhong Information Remark: 1 Consider significant fluctuations as large fluctuations, highlighting data dimensions with an increase or decrease of more than 3%. 2 Considered as narrow fluctuations, highlighting data with a percentage change within 0-3%.

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