China s investment in the petrochemicals industry is leading to excess capacity and falling profit margins for the industry as a whole, as a slower-than-expected rebound in demand means oversupply of materials that go into plastic-making such as ethylene and propylene is on the horizon. The construction of more than 20 petrochemical projects in China, set to be completed this year, will increase China s already significant market share of global manufacturing capacity to nearly a quarter by the end of 2020.
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Once touted as a key driver of global oil profits, the plastics industry is staring down years of anaemic margins as giant plants in China look set to send a deluge of production into the market.
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