Tariff Battles, Fed Rate Cut, and Trade Realignments
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Supreme Court Agrees to Fast-Track Trump’s Tariff Appeal The Wall Street Journal reported in mid-September that the Supreme...
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September 16, 2025
Rising Resin Prices, Tariff Shifts, Rail Merger, and Global Trade Uncertainty
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Market Pricing Movement Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics announced on August15, an increase of 5 CPP for all HD, LD...
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August 13, 2025
China Manufacturing Continues Decline; News on PC, ABS, PA, PBT and More
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Pricing Lotte announced a flame-retardant (FR) ABS price increase for its Starex brand FR ABS at 45 CPP for August 1st. They...
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July 10, 2025
Engineering resin pricing, consumer confidence and Star’s ABS FR alternative – PCABSFR
July 2025 | Market Update From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics In this edition Engineering resin pricing Consumer confidence report Automakers and...
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June 9, 2025
Price Increases, Volatile Commodity Resins and Shipping Concerns
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Pricing Update – May There were eight price increases noted with Covestro announcing a 15 CPP increase in mid-May (notably...
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May 6, 2025
Market Movement – Engineering Resin Prices Flat – Direct & Indirect Tariffs
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics In the plastics market this month: Ascend Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Plastics News reported on April 21 that Ascend...
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April 9, 2025
Long Lead Times, Logistics and Tariffs Everywhere
April 2025 | Market Update From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Welcome to this month’s edition of the Monthly Market Update. In the plastics market Sabic...
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March 7, 2025
Tariffs, Reshoring and Shipping Fees
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Pricing in the Market CMA came out this past Friday and ‘stability’ continues to be the word. ABS seems to have stable...
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February 7, 2025
Engineering Resins Flat, A New Long-term Source for Antimony
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Materials ABS, nylon general purpose and polycarbonate prices continue to be flat with available supply and flat...
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