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PTA Industry Weekly Highlights (2026-08-14 to 2026-08-20)

Published on 2026-08-20
  1. This period, domestic PTA weekly output stood at 1.1138 million tons, up 149,700 tons from last week;

  2. This period, domestic PTA weekly capacity utilization rate was 57.73%, up 7.82 percentage points from last week;

  3. This period, the polyester industry's weekly average operating rate was 78.03%, down 0.06 percentage points from last week;

  4. This week, PTA social inventory was approximately 1.1283 million tons, down 231,900 tons month-on-month.

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  • Olivier Dupont 2026-08-20 20:05
    My take: PTA capacity utilization jumped 7.82pp but polyester rates barely moved, so the inventory drawdown is supply-driven. Downstream demand remains soft, and that keeps margin recovery uncertain.
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