Issue 20 - September 2021 Recycled plastics industry composite operation index and pellet price index both increased

1.
Start of construction:

The average operating rate of the sample enterprises in September was 70.
24%, an increase of 2.
85 percentage points month-on-month and 0.
92 percentage points
year-on-year.
Among them, the average start of large enterprises was 77%, a small increase of 3 percentage points, the start of medium-sized enterprises was 68%, an increase of 3.
5 percentage points, the average start of small and micro enterprises was 70%, an increase of 11 percentage points, and the overall start of sample enterprises increased
.
In September, affected by the rise in raw material prices and the slight rise in orders, the willingness of enterprises to start construction increased
.
In particular, small and medium-sized processing enterprises have started to improve rapidly; However, some large enterprises have been affected by local power cuts and other factors, and the start of construction has declined
.

2.
Raw material inventory:

Raw material inventories increased by 22.
31%
month-on-month.
There was a lot of rainy weather in September, but considering the poor acquisition of cold wool in the later stage and the strong bullish expectations of the raw material market, the inventory of wool and crushed material by recycling processing enterprises increased
.

3.
Order:

The relatively high price of raw materials and the price difference of recycled materials widened, at the same time, under the influence of factors such as power cuts in some regions, the orders of large factories were decentralized and transferred, and the orders of recycled materials increased compared with the previous month, but still fell
compared with previous years.

The average price index of recycled plastic pellets in September was 854.
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