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Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 07 Jul 2025

FSSAI grants authorisation to addition r-PET units to boost capacity

Business Line

As of May, only five out of 20 rPET manufacturing units had got certification from FSSAI

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 07 Jul 2025

Chemicals Apr-Jun'25 Earnings Preview Steady volume expansion; margins...

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

Prabhudas Lilladhar

The pain for agrochemical focused companies is expected to persist, with margins to remain under pressure in the near term. Chinese companies continue to remain a significant competitive threat to Indian chemical manufacturers. In CY24, chemical production in China grew by 9.1% now constituting 86% of global chemical production, substantially outpacing India's growth of just 1.5%. However, with several anti-dumping investigations currently underway by the DGTR, we expect several domestic chemical companies to benefit once these duties are implemented. Companies with...

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 04 Jul 2025

India launches anti-dumping probe into polyethylene imports from 6 nations

Business Standard

A notification by Directorate General of Trade Remedies mentions prima facie evidence of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene being dumped into India by exporters from the six countries

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.

India Initiates Anti-Dumping Probe Into Import Of Polyethylene From Six Countries

NDTV Profit | 04 Jul 2025

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 03 Jul 2025

Chemicals: Monthly Pricing Update

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

IDBI Capital

Due to geopolitical tensions owing to the Iran-Israel war, the price of crude shot up to $74 even touching $75 briefly. This has a direct effect on prices of chemicals. This reflected in June-25 data, where all the chemicals in our coverage universe exhibited minor uptick in prices, barring Acetone and Acetic Acid. Acetone and Acetic Acid are not linked in the production process; hence the downward trajectory could be due to weakening end-use demand. Acetonitrile prices showed the steepest jump of 8% MoM. This does not bode well for Li-Ion battery manufacturers as it is used as a solvent, particularly in high performance...

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 19 Jun 2025

UFlex launches single pellet solution for use of recycled PET for FMCG companies

Business Line

This comes at a time when packaged food and beverage companies need to mandatory use 30 per cent recycled PET content in their packaging in FY26

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 16 Jun 2025

A timely wake-up call: India must urgently address plastic pollution

Business Standard

Beverage firms, big users of PET bottles, are exploring the possibility of seeking legal recourse for extending the deadline, principally because of the challenges involved in the transition

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 08 Jun 2025

Chinese dumping concerns rise on PET resins; industry calls for action

Business Standard

Domestic players allege unfair trade by Chinese suppliers like Wankai, urging DGTR to tighten anti-dumping actions to protect India's petrochemical sector

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 06 Jun 2025

BP Equities Chemical Monthly Update May 2025

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

BP Wealth

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 02 Jun 2025

Recycled PET makers raise concerns about delay in grant of FSSAI licenses

Business Line

The revised FSSAI guidelines, which should have been in place at least 2-3 months before April 1, 2025 were actually notified only in the last week of May 2025, which has further extended the timelines for licence issuance to more than nine applications pending with FSSAI since December 2024/January 2025, the industry body noted.

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

SECTOR | 02 Jun 2025

Chemicals: Monthly Pricing Update

Chemicals & Petrochemicals

IDBI Capital

All of the chemicals in our tracking universe exhibited a downward pricing trajectory on MoM basis in May 2025, barring Monoethylene Glycol; which exhibited a sharp 9% rise MoM. The price rise for this and the previous couple of months is driven by the uptick in seasonal demand for coolants and anti-freeze products which find use in automobiles. Heavy soda ash registered a price fall of 17% in just a month, owing to fall in demand from flat and container glass end-product segments. We expect prices to continue on the downward trajectory for the near term, post the highs seen in the Covid era. CRDMO companies are witnessing significant tailwinds in terms of growth. Companies...

IDBI Capital released a Sector Update report for Chemicals & Petrochemicals on 12 Sep, 2025.