Material Insights: PP price drop the 'last shoe to fall'

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A sharp polypropylene resin price drop in April erased consecutive increases in the first quarter. Senior reporter Frank Esposito shares the latest supply-demand scenarios, polymer-grade propylene monomer prices and other market conditions that led to the drastic decrease.

 

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