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North American commodity resin markets have been volatile so far in 2025, with buyers already seeing a mix of price increases and decreases.
Some key economic indicators for the North American plastics industry are trending down to start 2025, Plastics News Economics Editor Bill Wood noted in the February Numbers That Matter Live.
January 2025 saw price hikes for polyethylene, polypropylene, PET and polystyrene resins in North America, and buyers may be in for more increases in February.
In the February Plastics in Politics Live, Plastics News editors Don Loepp and Steve Toloken discussed recent shifts in U.S. plastics policy, including Trump's executive order reversing Biden-era federal restrictions on plastic straws.
Watch the recording of Sustainable Plastics Live February 2025
Some North American commodity resin prices are showing increases in January.
In the January Numbers that Matter editorial livestream, PN Economics Editor Bill Wood went into detail about the risks and opportunities facing North American plastics companies, starting with the potential for higher inflation because of rising energy, raw material and labor costs.
Resin prices remained largely flat across key markets like polystyrene and PVC, defying earlier expectations for significant decreases.
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