2025年欧洲包装级rHDPE需求将更为强劲
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2024-12-26 10:30
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A number of European recyclers report stronger demand for premium rHDPE BM grades heading into 2025, but prices and margins are likely to remain under pressure.European recyclers have endured well-publicised struggles in the past two years, but demand for rHDPE BM natural and, particularly, white grades has been the brightest spot for those operating in the polyolefin market in 2024. Prices have risen by 7-8pc over the year and — while some recyclers are keen to emphasise that contracting out their 2025 volumes has not been without its difficulties — many report that they have more orders for the coming year than they are able to supply.The closure of UK-based recycler Viridor's Avonmouth recycling plant, an rHDPE natural supplier, pushed some orders to other suppliers at the end of the year. But underlying demand also appears to be rising, and large packaging companies told Argus that they expect — based on forecasts from their customers, and with the caveat that these do not always translate into physical volumes — to be using more rHDPE in 2025 than in 2024. This shows brands are keen to further increase the recycled content of their packaging, and that many see rHDPE as a good category to focus on.But challenges remain, even for recyclers that are seeing a stronger demand outlook. Packaging manufacturers and brand owners have no legal obligation to use rHDPE in 2025, and there will be a limit to what they will pay for sustainable packaging materials. Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brands' sales were hit by inflation in 2022 and 2023, and they remain cognisant of the need to find the right price point with their customers as volumes recover. As a result, decreases in the virgin HDPE market and the consequent widening of the rHDPE BM-virgin HDPE BM premium to its highest since August 2023 may become an obstacle to demand. Barring a sharp rise in crude and naphtha costs that underpin the European petrochemicals chain, Argus does not expects any major increases in HDPE prices in 2025. The potential for virgin prices to cap recyclate prices will remain for the foreseeable future.Some European recyclers are also concerned about import pressure, which is resurfacing after a lull linked to two periods of unusually-higher Asia-Europe freight rates in 2024. Asian rHDPE natural pellets have been offered up to €400-500/t ($419-$524/t) cheaper than the highest-priced European supply in recent weeks. And, although some buyers prefer the optics of supporting their regional recycling industry, or the opportunity to resolve quality issues more easily and avoid traceability concerns by working with local suppliers, this price advantage may encourage more to find import sources they are comfortable with.Recyclers also still need to find an outlet for their lower-value grades, from darker/coloured packaging grades down to grades that mainly sell into "cost-saving" markets such as pipe. A typical colour-sorting recycling process produces a range of grades, reflecting the combined natural, white and mixed-colour composition of standard HDPE packaging bales in northwest Europe. But finding a home for darker pellets can be difficult in the packaging industry, where buyers like to process white or natural grades with masterbatch colourants — concentrated pigments — to preserve the appearance of their products. And construction and industrial markets are depressed by the current economic environment and unlikely to buy large volumes unless recyclers can offer a discount to virgin material.Recyclers making premium HDPE grades may therefore feel more confident than those in other polyolefin markets heading into 2025. But until buyers are more accepting of a wide range of grades, or recently-confirmed legislation mandating the use of recyclates in polyolefin packaging kicks in, they will be under no illusion that the past few years' challenges can be consigned to the rear view mirror just yet.涵盖rPET、rPE、rPP的现货价格评估、供需动态。
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