Polyethylene Industry Snapshot: H1 2025-High Growth, Volatility, New Balance
Core Insight
I see China's PE sector in H1 2025 as a classic case of growth amid flux. Driven by capasurges, global trade shifts, and geopolitics, it hit all three markers: high expansion, sharpswings, and rebalanced dynamics.
Key Developments
1.Record Capacity Reshapes Supply
• New capacity:3.73M tons added (+21.6% YoY), lifting total to 38.26M tons/ year
• Flagship projects:
→Inner Mongolia Baofeng (1.1M ton all-density)
→Wanhua Chemical (250K ton high-pressure process unit)
→Shandong New Era (450K HDPE +250K LLDPE lines)
→ExxonMobil Huizhou (1.23M ton mLLDPE unit)
• Output:16.15M tons produced (+16.6% YoY)— domestic historic high