China PE Output Rises in Q1 with Lower Maintenance-Related Output Loss
Introduction: China’s PE industry recorded output loss due to maintenance of 925.3kt in Q1 2025, marking a marginal YoY decrease of 0.38%. Meanwhile, China’s PE output rose to 7,776.8kt during the same period, reflecting a 12.53% growth, as newly added units continued to ramp up production.
The PE output loss due to maintenance was 925.3kt in Q1 2025, which decreased by 0.38% from that in Q1 2024. The overall output loss saw limited changes, but there are still significant differences when breaking it down into varieties. With the commissioning of new units, China’s PE output reached 7,776.8kt in Q1 2025, which increased by 12.53% YoY.
LLDPE
The LLDPE output loss due to maintenance reached 276.1kt in Q1 2025, up 13.95% YoY. Despite this increase, LLDPE output rose by 21.97% to 3,603.7kt, driven by the commissioning of Inner Mongolia Baofeng Coal-Based New Materials’s new unit and its output release.
LDPE
The LDPE output loss due to maintenance decreased by 54.59% to 41.6kt in Q1 2025, and each month’s output loss showed significant YoY drops. The LDPE output grew by 21.39% YoY to 960.3kt, supported by the commissioning of Wanhua Chemical Group’s new LDPE unit.
HDPE
The HDPE output loss due to maintenance grew by 2.13% from Q1 2024 to 607.6kt. Specifically, the output loss in January and February was lower than that in the same period last year, while it gained ground in March as INEOS Sinopec Tianjin Petrochemicals, Shanghai Golden Phillips Petrochemical and Sinopec-SK (Wuhan) Petrochemical Company were newly involved in overhaul. HDPE output registered a modest 1.51% YoY increase to 3,212.8kt.
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