Czech crude imports Jan-Dec 2025

Imports of crude to the Czech Republic totalled 6.851 million tons in 2025 against 6.807 million tons in 2024.  Imports from Russia dropped from 2.716 million tons in 2024 to 526,900 tons in January to December 2025, with the last deliveries of Russian crude made in April last year.

The smaller refinery in Kralupy nad Vltavou continues to process lighter crude from the Caspian region, with imports from Azerbaijan amounting to 2.959 million tons in 2025.  The larger Litvinov refinery has switched to a combination of Norwegian and Saudi Arabian oil, amounting to 1.384 million tons and 739,600 tons respectively for January to December 2025.  

Polish crude imports Jan-Dec 2025

From the total of 25.431 million tons of crude imported into Poland in 2025, supplies from Saudi Arabia totalled 12.038 million tons followed by Norway which provided 8.240 million tons.  

Guyana was the third largest supplier of crude to Poland in 2025, delivering 2.034 million tons in January to December versus 1.150 million tons in 2024.  Average prices for Polish crude purchases dropped from $585.1 per ton 2024 to $436.5 per ton in 2025.  Due to lower prices refining margins for the Orlen Group recovered steadily throughout 2025 but then started to fall in December.

Hungarian crude imports Jan-Dec 2025

Hungary imported a total of 4.641 million tons in the period January to December 2025, against 4.725 million tons in 2024.  Supplies from Russia amounted to 4.281 million tons against 4.534 million tons.  Average prices for Russian crude dropped last year to €444.7 per ton from €492.8 per ton in 2024. 

Hungarian oil supplies from Russia were affected in late January by Russian attacks on the Druzhba pipeline rather than Ukrainian.  A Russian attack on the Lviv region on 27 January damaged the energy infrastructure connected to the Druzhba pipeline, which is also used to supply Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.  Although Russia regularly targets attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, this is the first time that an oil pipeline through which the Russians supply their own oil to Europe has been damaged.

Croatia has agreed to help Hungary and Slovakia with oil supplies through the JANAF pipeline but will only allow non-Russian sources to be delivered.  In purely economic terms Croatia has pointed out that Hungary and Slovakia can finally abandon Russian raw materials and switch to alternative sources.  Hungary and Slovakia are however in conflict with the EU and Ukraine regarding deliveries of Russian crude and appear to want to help the Russian regime.

Polish petrochemical production Jan-Dec 2025

Ethylene production in Poland dropped in 2025 to 301,700 tons against 342,300 tons in January to December 2024, whilst propylene dropped from 386,600 tons to 352,600 tons.  The drop in propylene production is largely due to the stoppage of the PDH plant of Polimery Police which has not worked since July 2025.  

The reasons for the stoppage at the PDH plant is down to scheduled maintenance being brought forward from three years to two years.  This change in the maintenance cycle to two years threw out Grupa Azoty’s calculations, as they do not have the funds to operate the restart of the plant.  As a result, renewed discussions are being undertaken with Orlen.

Butadiene production at Plock rose slightly to 54,888 tons in 2025 from 43,514 tons in 2024.  Nearly all of the butadiene produced at Plock is consumed by Synthos.  In the aromatics sector toluene production at Plock has been stopped again.

In the plastics sector polyethylene production in Poland amounted to 291,000 tons in January to December 2025 versus 312,700 tons in 2024.  Polypropylene production in Poland dropped at the two plants at Plock and Police from 264,400 tons to 255,300 tons.  PVC production at Wloclawek increased from 308,400 tons to 316,600 tons.

Orlen Jan-Dec 2025

Orlen’s downstream revenue was affected in 2025 by lower sales volumes of petrochemicals.  Fertiliser sales volumes declined by 13% following the shutdown of the production unit at Spolana and outages at fertiliser units at Wloclawek as a result of a power supply failure in March 2025.  PTA and PVC volumes also fell, by 29% and 24% respectively, due to plant shutdowns in 2025.  Sales of polyolefins were down 18% in 2025, and olefins down by 10%.  These falls were attributable to adverse market conditions against increased competitive pressure from Asian producers.

Operating costs decreased by zl 17,516 million in 2025 to zl 119,966 million, due mainly to a $12 per barrel decline in crude oil prices. 

Petrochemical margins for Orlen and the European market were generally lower in 2025 than in 2024.   Only in April last year did margins exceed €200 per ton against exceeding €200 seven times in 2024.

Nowa Chemia

Orlen was required to make an impairment loss in the amount of zl 2.5 billion to offset the losses from Olefiny III.  Originally, Olefiny III was supposed to cost zl 8.3 billion, Nowa Chemia is expected to absorb a total of approximately zl 34 billion.  Nowa Chemia will allow Orlen to increase the production of ethylene by around 15%, reduce emissions and increase production efficiency by about 30%.  The alternative was to completely liquidate what had been created under Olefiny III, the costs alone which could consume another zl 10 billion.

In the new form of the project, the structure of the feedstocks is adjusted to maximize the internal synergies between the petrochemical and the refinery. At the same time, Orlen is focusing on increasing the share of recycled feedstocks, which will move the group strongly towards the creation of the so-called green petrochemicals.  In the case of Olefiny III, it was assumed that significant quantities of feedstocks were based crude oil processing.

Polish monomer imports, Jan-Dec 2025

Butadiene import prices for Poland averaged to €893.1 in 2025 against €877.6 per ton for the whole of 2024.   Shipments totalled 97,664 tons against 106,085 tons in January to December 2024.  Germany increased exports in 2025 to 37,833 tons versus 28,315 tons in 2024, and Austria reduced shipments to 34,258 tons against 36,270 tons. 

Poland imported 86,200 tons of propylene in January to December 2025 against 79,459 tons in the same period in 2024.  Imports have declined in the past two years due to domestic production at the Police plant.  Average import prices for propylene imports into Poland declined from €847.2 per ton in 2024 to €825.9 in 2025. 

Hungarian monomer trade, Jan-Dec 2025

Exports of propylene from Hungary amounted to 65,870 tons in January to December 2025 against 71,979 tons in January to December 2024.  Shipments to Slovnaft in Slovakia were reduced from 61,722 tons to 50,973 tons, whilst smaller deliveries were made to Poland (5,157 tons) and Germany (4,661 tons).   Prices averaged €940.3 per ton in 2025 against €871.4 per ton in January to December 2024. 

Hungarian butadiene exports dropped to 37,423 tons in 2025 against 52,128 tons in 2024.  Exports to Poland dropped from 33,767 tons in 2024 to 22,420 tons in 2025, whilst exports to the Czech republic increased from 11,189 tons to 15,003 tons.  Butadiene is exported from MOL’s Tiszaujvaros complex, with Poland as the largest destination.   Prices dropped from €859.5 per ton in 2024 to €749.7 in 2025.

Styrene imports into Hungary declined from 54,716 tons in 2025 against 58,603 tons in 2024.  Average prices fell to €1018.7 per ton against €1403.1 per ton in 2024.  Imports are dominated by shipments from Italy where volumes amounted to 48,287 tons in 2025. 

Styrene imports into Poland rose from 96,039 tons in 2024 against 101,741 tons in 2025.  Average prices fell to €1255.5 per ton against €1069.6 per ton in 2024.

Imports are dominated by shipments from Belgium where volumes amounted to 38,831 tons in 2025 followed by the Netherlands with 19,899 tons. 

Czech olefin monomer trade, Jan-Dec 2025

Czech ethylene imports amounted to 2,303 tons in 2025, against 5,921 tons in January to December 2024.  Czech propylene imports totalled 54,205 tons against 44,885 tons in 2024.

Ethylene exports from the Czech Republic amounted to 12,506 tons in 2025 against 14,115 tons in 2024, whilst propylene exports dropped from 10,384 tons to 2,087 tons.  Most of the ethylene is delivered by pipeline to Bohlen in Germany whilst several thousand tons was exported to Slovnaft in Slovakia last year. 

Germany supplied 30,742 tons of propylene to the Czech market in 2025 against 32,057 tons in 2024, whilst imports from Poland rose from 12,312 tons to 14,486 tons.  Butadiene imports into the Czech Republic increased from 45,498 tons in 2024 to 71,148 tons in 2025.  Germany supplied 50,166 tons in 2025 and Hungary 15,002 tons. 

Styrene imports into the Czech Republic amounted to 34,533 tons in 2025 against 19,971 tons in 2024.  The Netherlands increased shipments from 10,646 tons to 16,540 tons whilst supplies from Germany increased to 15,328 tons against 5,039 tons.  Average prices for styrene imports into the Czech Republic dropped from €1152.0 per ton in in 2024 to €1097.4 per ton in 2025.

HIP-Petrohemija 2025

The performance of the NIS Group in 2025 was affected by the results of HIP-Petrohemija, which recorded a loss of 2.8 billion dinars in the final three months of 2025, and incurred a total loss of 10.3 billion dinars for the entire 2025.  HIP-Petrohemija has been part of NIS Group since 2023.  Currently negotiations are underway over the transfer of ownership from Gazprom Neft to MOL and ADNOK. 

After a two-month break due to the introduction of US sanctions on Serbia, Petrohemija restarted on 2 February.  The company took advantage of the interruption in production to carry out small-scale maintenance.   Production however fell in 2025 to 257,900 tons against 298,100 tons in 2024. 

Naphtha processing declined in 2024 from 399,500 tons to 326,200 tons in 2025.  Production of petrochemical products amounted to 46,000 tons in the fourth quarter, using 57,000 tons of naphtha which is 52% less compared to the same period in 2024.  The sales of petrochemical products in the fourth quarter of 2025 recorded the decline of 36% compared to the same period of last year and amounted to 53,000 tons.  HIP-Petrohemija’s EBITDA indicator was negative in the fourth quarter and amounted to -2.6 billion RSD, against RSD -2.3 billion in the fourth quarter in 2024.  The net result for the fourth quarter of 2025 was RSD -2.8 billion, which is a decrease compared to the same period of the previous year.

Czech polyethylene trade Jan-Dec 2025

For imports of all forms of polyethylene, Czech inward shipments amounted to 311,894 tons in January to December 2025 against 291,729 tons in the same period in 2024.  Average prices of imports declined from €1579.5 per ton to €1431.3 per ton.  Germany was the largest source of polyethylene imports, followed by the Netherlands and Belgium.

Polyethylene exports from the Czech Republic amounted to 356,967 tons in 2025 against 410,125 tons in the same period in 2024.  Average prices increased from €1363.4 per ton to €1292.8 per ton. 

HDPE export shipments comprised 300,939 tons in 2025 against 354,103 tons in the same period in 2024.  Germany was the largest destination for Czech HDPE supplied from Litvinov.  Other important markets for Czech polyethylene exports include Poland, Italy and Belgium. 

Polish polyethylene trade Jan-Dec 2025

Consumption of polyethylene in Poland increased in 2025 to 1.437 million tons against 1.304 million tons in 2024.  Production of polyethylene at Plock was lower whilst imports increased.  Polyethylene production dropped from 312,700 tons to 291,000 tons.

Polish imports of polyethylene totalled 1.468 million tons in 2025 against 1.274 million tons in the same period in 2024, with average prices falling from €1390.1 per ton to €1209.8 per ton.  HDPE is the largest category of imported polyethylene into Poland, amounting to 469,651 tons in January to December 2025 versus 409,649 tons in 2024.  Germany is the largest supplier of HDPE to the Polish market.  

LLDPE imports rose from 202,411 tons in January to December 2024 to 248,493 tons in the corresponding period in 2025.  Most of the LLDPE imports were sourced from West Europe, including France, the Netherlands and Germany.  LDPE imports rose to 364,875 tons in January to December 2025 from 328,373 tons in the corresponding period in 2024.    Imports from ethylene alpha olefins increased from 268,427 tons to 314,720 tons.

Polish polyethylene exports amounted to 322,149 tons in 2025 against 282,519 tons in 2024.  Average prices for polyethylene exports increased from €1080.0 per ton to €1131.6 per ton. 

Exports of HDPE from Poland amounted to 202,294 tons in January to December 2025 versus 188,700 tons in the same period in 2024 whilst LDPE exports rose from 56,102 tons to 61,172 tons.  Exports of ethylene alpha olefins from Poland amounted to 24,261 tons in 2025.  In addition to the production of ethylene polymers at Plock, exports are assisted by reexported imports.

Hungarian polyethylene trade Jan-Dec 2025

Imports of all grades of polyethylene into Hungary amounted to 180,393 tons in January to December 2025 against 219,118 tons in January to December 2024.  Hungarian import prices for polyethylene rose on average from €1040.4 per ton to €1496.8 in January to December 2025.  The largest category of polyethylene imports comprised HDPE, which dropped from 96,122 tons to 84,353 tons.

Exports of LDPE from Hungary decreased from 75,423 tons in 2024 to 40,304 tons in January-December 2025.  HDPE exports increased from 204,168 tons to 215,770 tons in January-December 2025.  EAO and EVA exports were both negligible.

Hungarian polyethylene exports amounted to 298,606 tons in January to December 2025 against 294,694 tons in January to December 2024.  Average prices of polyethylene exports dropped from €1339.4 per ton to €1145.4 per ton.  Revenues for polyethylene exports in January to December 2025 totalled $342.176 million.

Polish PP Trade Jan-Dec 2025

In 2025 polypropylene production in Poland amounted to 316,600 tons against 308,400 tons in the same period in 2024.  Polish polypropylene imports, including homo grade and copolymers, rose to 984,671 tons against 938,234 tons in 2024.   Average prices for all types of polypropylene imports decreased from €1441.8 per ton to €1374.4 per ton.  Homo grade polypropylene imports rose from 592,937 tons in January to December 2024 to 647,888 tons in the same period in 2025, whilst copolymer imports dropped to 308,081 tons against 317,912 tons.    

Export shipments from Poland dropped to 287,788 tons in 2025 against 299,312 tons in January to December 2024.  Homo polymer grades comprised the main category of Polish polypropylene exports, where Germany was the largest destination.  Average export prices dropped from €1441.3 per ton in 2024 to €1430.2. 

Grupa Azoty Polyolefins-Orlen offer

Grupa Azoty intends to reach an agreement with Orlen on the sale of Grupa Azoty Polyolefins in March and hopes to finalise the transaction by the end of the first half of 2026.  Grupa Azoty cannot currently afford to finance investments into Polimery Police, for which Azoty Polyolefins is responsible.

Grupa Azoty Polyolefins is a special purpose vehicle established to implement the Polimery Police project. Its main shareholders are Zaklady Chemiczne Police (34.4%) and Grupa Azoty (30.5%). Grupa Azoty Polyolefins has submitted a restructuring plan concerning the so-called partial arrangement, which includes receivables with a major impact on the company's operations.

The source of financial problems is the Polimery Police project where its original estimated cost was placed at about zl 1.7 billion, but during the whole construction process the expenditure increased to about zl 7.2 billion.  Grupa Azoty Polyolefins terminated the agreement in 2025 with the general contractor Hyundai Engineering.  The fate of Polimery Police depends primarily on the course of talks with creditors. Without an agreement on the billion-dollar debt, the future of one of the country's largest industrial investments is still in question.  The key problem is the serious technical difficulties of the installation, which, given the changed market conditions, currently make it impossible to resume operations without costly renovations. 

Hungarian polypropylene trade Jan-Dec 2025

Exports of all forms of polypropylene from Hungary amounted to 198,861 tons in January to December 2025 versus 193,101 tons in the corresponding period in 2024. 

Average prices of exports declined from €1374.7 per ton to €1255.0.  Homo-grade PP provides the main category of Hungarian polypropylene exports, amounting to 137,656 tons this year versus 157,465 tons in January to December 2024.  Exports from propylene copolymers increased from 101,853 tons to 131,671 tons.

For imports of all forms of polypropylene, Hungarian inward shipments declined to 187,123 tons in January to December 2025 from 190,182 tons in 2024, with average prices declining from €1363.5 per ton to €1347.5 per ton.  Imports of propylene copolymers into Hungary reduced from 54,505 tons to 49,072 tons whilst homo grade polypropylene imports dropped from 133,541 tons to 122,344 tons.  

Czech polypropylene trade Jan-Dec 2025

Production issues faced by Orlen Unipetrol in 2025 meant that Czech polypropylene export trade fell by around 10% in against 2024, imports rose only fractionally higher.

Exports of all forms of polypropylene from the Czech Republic amounted to 267,203 tons in January to December 2025 versus 299,002 tons in the same period in 2024.  Average export prices declined from €1368.3 per ton in 2024 to €1286.5 per ton in 2025.   Homo-grade PP provides the main category of Czech polypropylene exports, amounting to 215,224 tons in 2025 versus 184,366 tons in the same period in 2024.

For imports of all forms of polypropylene, Czech inward shipments amounted to 528,235 tons in January to December 2025 against 525,433 tons in the same period in 2024, with average prices dropping from €1584.8 per ton to €1530.9 per ton.  Imports of propylene copolymers increased from 219,882 tons to 214,690 tons whilst homo grade polypropylene imports declined from 295,929 tons to 290,868 tons. 

The largest supplier of propylene polymers to the Czech Republic in 2025 was Germany, shipping 72,706 tons followed by the Netherlands with 47,000 tons.  Other important suppliers included MOL from its two plants in Slovakia and Hungary, Austria, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.  

Hungarian synthetic rubber trade Jan-Dec 2025

Hungarian imports of synthetic rubber amounted to 158,1360 tons in January to December 2025 against 128,586 tons in January to December 2024.  Average prices dropped from €2443.1 per ton to €2305.7 in 2025. 

Butadiene rubber imports into Hungary increased from 32,541 tons in 2024 to 24,562 tons, with the largest source coming from Indonesia.  SBR imports dropped from 47,040 tons to 44,024 tons. 

Synthetic rubber exports from Hungary amounted to 57,624 tons in 2025 against 68,327 tons in 2024.  Prices for exports increased from €2332.9 per ton to €2844.3 per ton in 2025.  SBR exports amounted to 50,993 tons in 2025.

Czech rubber trade Jan-Dec 2025

Exports of synthetic rubber from the Czech Republic amounted to 129,096 tons in January to December 2025 versus 133,072 tons in the same period in 2024.  At the same time imports declined from 138,342 tons to 132,412 tons in 2024.  Natural rubber imports declined from 103,375 tons to 102,244 tons.

Rubber prices increased in 2025 for both synthetic and natural rubber.  Czech synthetic rubber export prices jumped from €1861.6 per ton in 2024 to €2006.2 per ton in 2025 whilst import prices jumped from €2085.1 per ton to €2139.5. Natural rubber prices increased last year to €1767.4 per ton from €1732.8 per ton in January to December 2024.

Czech butadiene rubber trade Jan-Dec 2025

The Czech Republic exported 106,719 tons of butadiene rubber in 2025 against 109,652 tons in the same period in 2024.  Average prices rose from €1783.9 per ton to €1921.9 per ton.

Czech exports of butadiene rubber to India amounted to 12,908 tons in January to December 2025 against 14,776 tons in the same period in 2024.  Other important markets included Poland where exports amounted to 13,886 against 11,629 tons.   

Besides exports the Czech Republic imported 24,150 tons of butadiene rubber in 2025 against 30,342 tons in the same period in 2024.  Imports were sourced largely from Germany, the US and Poland.

Polish rubber trade Jan-Dec 2025

The trade dynamics for synthetic rubber in Poland took in 2025 showed a fall in both exports and imports.  For all types of synthetic rubber imports into Poland average prices increased from €1919.5 per ton in January to December 2024 to €2245.2 in 2025.  Due largely to demand side factors Poland reduced imports to 228,219 tons against 322,490 tons in the same period in 2024. 

By category, butadiene rubber was the largest product, accounting for 50,434 tons against 73,694 tons in 2024, whilst EPDM imports dropped from 41,946 tons to 34,849 tons.  Imports of emulsion SBR dropped from 27,513 tons to 8,044 tons.

Germany supplied 34,425 tons of synthetic rubber to the Polish market in 2025, with South Korea supplying 36,087 tons and Saudi Arabia 12,889 tons.  Volumes from the Far East and Middle East are expected to increase in the short to medium term.

Over the twelve months of 2025 the manufacture of rubber products in Poland amounted to 900,336 tons which was down from 908,066 tons in the same period in 2024.  Only in March, May and August in 2025 did the monthly volumes exceed volumes in 2024.  As with other European tyre manufacturers Polish companies are facing the difficulties of competing on price with Indian products in their own markets despite the lack of quality.  At the same time European manufacturers due to restrictions are not able to compete in the Indian market.   

Synthetic rubber exports from Poland amounted to 254,336 tons in January to December 2025 against 333,584 tons in the same period in 2024.   Exports of butadiene rubber from Poland amounted to 48,434 tons in January to December 2025 versus 68,842 tons in the same period in 2024.   The largest category of rubber exports is concentrated on SBR grades. 

The largest European market for Polish synthetic rubber exports was the Czech Republic which took 20,054 tons in 2025, an increase over 2024 to compensate for the closure of the ESBR plant at Kralupy.  This was followed by Germany which took 18,775 tons.  The largest non-European destination for Polish synthetic rubber exports in 2025 was Brazil which took 13,385 tons.

Prices of synthetic rubber exports from Poland increased from €1571.5 per ton in 2024 to €1641.5 per ton in 2025.  Although both import and export volumes for synthetic rubber have been very similar, the prices for imported grades mostly exceed export prices. 

The trend for all forms of trade have been downward since the start of 2023.  India took 30,000 tons of Polish synthetic rubber in the period January to December 2025 against 42,405 tons in 2024.  Exports to Thailand totalled 11.456 tons January to December 2025 and to Brazil 15,058 tons. 

Polish synthetic rubber production Jan-Dec 2025

Synthetic rubber production at Oswiecim for Synthos amounted to 255,400 tons in 2025 against 264,400 tons in 2024.  Synthos has managed to diversify its export markets, which has allowed the company to increase production over 2023.  Although synthetic rubber production increased in 2024 the extra output was channelled into export activity rather than domestic consumption.  In other areas of production Synthos increased the production of EPS from 82,500 tons to 95,400 tons whilst the production of general-purpose polystyrene increased from 67,100 tons to 68,100 tons.

Polish benzene exports Jan-Dec 2025

Polish exports of benzene totalled 158,790 tons in January to December 2025 against 156,975 tons in the same period in 2024.  Exports to Germany dropped from 133,870 tons to 125,870 tons in 2025, with average prices dropping from €774.2 per ton to €717.5 per ton.  The average contract price of benzene on the European market declined steadily during 2025.     

Polish PTA exports Jan-Dec 2025

PTA exports amounted to 297,299 tons in 2025 against 381,744 tons in the same period in 2024.  Exports to Germany declined from 311,367 tons to 268,220 tons.  Average prices for PTA exports from Poland changed from €762.6 per ton to €685.1 per ton in January to December last year.

Regarding PTA feedstocks, Orlen largely coped with paraxylene supply for PTA production at Wloclawek in 2025 and thus imports of paraxylene dropped to 2,966 tons in 2025 against 42,563 tons in the same period in 2024.   However, due to lower PTA production at Wloclawek imports of PTA amounted to 34,761 tons in 2025. 

Polish aromatic imports Jan-Dec 2025

Phenol imports into Poland amounted to 107,687 tons in January to December 2025 which was down from 100,913 tons in the same period in 2024.  Germany was the dominant supplier of phenol to Poland, shipping 80,128 tons against 82,095 tons in the same period in 2024.    Spain and Finland accounted for smaller shipments.  Average prices for phenol imported into Poland dropped to €874.4 per ton against €1217.8 per ton in 2024.  

In other product areas, styrene imports into Poland amounted to 88,096 tons in the period January to December 2025 against 73,692 tons in the same period in 2024.  Aside the Netherlands and Belgium, other supplies came from the US and Saudi Arabia.  Both US and Saudi shipments represent relatively new sources of product for the Polish market.  Average prices for styrene imports into Poland dropped from €1353.5 per ton in the first ten months last year to €1165.8 per ton.

Ethylbenzene imports amounted to 72,436 tons against 64,844 tons in the same period last year.  All the ethylbenzene was shipped from Kralupy to Oswiecim, all within the structures of the Synthos Group.

Czech aromatic exports Jan-Dec 2025

Czech aniline exports amounted to 57,562 tons in 2025 against 70,417 tons in the same period in 2024.  Shipments to Hungary amounted to 46,828 tons in

January to December 2025 against 60,696 tons.  BorsodChem MCHZ is undergoing a major reconstruction after deciding the existing infrastructure was no longer reliable and did not meet current standards. In cooperation with ABB, a complete network renewal is underway with production in full operation.

In other areas of Czech aromatic exports benzene increased to 39,408 tons in January to December 2025 against 24,597 tons in 2024, whilst toluene exports rose from 8,916 tons to 11,820 tons.  Ethylbenzene exports amounted to 92,260 tons against 89,588 tons.

Czech aromatic imports Jan-Dec 2025

Styrene imports into the Czech Republic amounted to 34,533 tons in 2025 against 19,971 tons in 2024.  The Netherlands increased shipments from 10,646 tons to 16,540 tons whilst supplies from Germany increased to 15,328 tons against 5,039 tons.  Average prices for styrene imports into the Czech Republic dropped from €1152.0 per ton in in 2024 to €1097.4 per ton in 2025. 

Benzene imports into the Czech Republic in 2025 amounted to 20,436 tons against 40,008 tons in 2024.  Benzene imports are sourced from Poland, Hungary and Serbia.  Toluene imports dropped from 5,662 tons to 4,657 tons.

Czech Bisphenol A imports & epoxy resin exports  

Bisphenol A imports into the Czech Republic totalled 31,819 tons in January to December 2025 against 33,108 tons in the same period in 2024.  South Korea increased shipments from 27,410 tons to 28,696 tons.  The largest user of bisphenol A in the Czech Republic is Spolchemie at Ust nad Labem, where epoxy resins are produced.  

Czech exports of epoxy resins amounted to 50,359 tons in 2025 against 49,063 tons in 2024.  Prices rose from €2570.0 per ton to €2443.5 per ton in 2025.  Germany remains the largest market for Czech epoxy resins, accounting for 20,075 tons in 2025 which was up from 18,094 tons in same period in 2024.

Hungarian aromatics Jan-Dec 2025

Imports of benzene increased from 26,890 tons in 2024 to 44,287 tons in January to December 2025.  Imports from Poland increased from 14,240 tons to 22,931 tons whilst shipments arrived from Serbia and amounted to 9,977 tons in 2025.  Exports of benzene from Hungary amounted to 36,322 tons in 2025 against 34,714 tons in the same period in 2024.  Shipments to Germany increased from 7,912 tons to 11,495 tons and to France from 7,237 tons to 14,031 tons in the same period in 2024. Average prices for Hungarian benzene exports dropped from €695.5 per ton to €626.7 per ton.

Toluene imports into Hungary amounted to 32,495 tons in 2025 against 44,774 tons in the same period in 2024.  Average prices dropped from €1012.5 per ton to €858.9 per ton.  Styrene imports into Hungary declined from 54,716 tons in 2025 against 58,603 tons in 2024.  Average prices fell to €1018.7 per ton against €1403.1 per ton in 2024. 

Hungarian TDI-MDI exports Jan-Dec 2025

Hungarian TDI exports January to December 2025 amounted to 196,965 tons against 210,804 tons in January to December 2024.  Average prices dropped from €1969.8 per ton to €2144.2 per ton. 

Exports of TDI from Hungary to Belgium amounted to 22,311 in 2025 against 29,883 tons in January to December last year, whilst volumes to Italy rose from 25,282 tons to 27,120 tons. 

Shipments to Poland increased from 25,114 tons to 31,233 tons and dropped to Turkey from 31,472 tons to 21,850 tons.  Shipments to Romania dropped from 11,879 tons to 9,279 tons. 

MDI exports from Hungary amounted in January to December to 230,769 tons against 213,078 tons in January to December 2024.  MDI export prices dropped to €1715.7 per ton against €1939.9 per ton in 2024.     Poland was the largest destination for Hungarian MDI exports, taking 48,766 tons in 2025 versus 34,342 tons in January to December 2025.  Exports to Italy increased from 4,747 tons to 16,650 tons.

Central European isocyanate trade Jan-Dec 2025

TDI prices are currently influenced by a mix of demand fluctuations, supply chain challenges, and trade-related uncertainties, with varying impacts across different regions. While some reports indicate price decreases due to weaker demand in Europe, others point to rising prices driven by supply chain issues and increased demand in other areas. Additionally, concerns about dumping and anti-dumping investigations are impacting imports from certain countries.

TDI imports into Poland amounted to a total of 74,831 tons in January to December 2025 against 74,135 tons in January to December 2024.   Prices of TDI imported into Poland dropped from €1999.0 per ton in 2024 to €1780.1 per ton.  Hungary was the largest supplier in 2025, shipping 36,110 tons to Poland versus 30,800 tons in January to December 2024.   

Poland remains a major European hub for the polyurethane (PU) market, with a strong, active industry requiring significant quantities of isocyanates for manufacturing foam, coatings, and binders.

MDI imports into the Czech Republic totalled 40,430 tons in January to December 2025 against 40,823 tons in 2024.  Average prices declined from €2059.7 per ton last year to €1858.5 per ton.    The leading supplier was Belgium which shipped 10,119 tons against 9,362 tons in January to December 2024. 

MDI imports into Poland totalled 170,08 tons in January to December 2025, up against 169,354 tons in January to December 2024.  Average prices were down slightly in 2025 to €1791.4 per ton against €1920.4 per ton.  Germany increased MDI shipments to Poland to 54,553 tons in 2025 against 49,422 tons in January to December 2024, whilst imports from Hungary increased to 47,404 tons against 40,493 tons. 

Belgium shipped 32,247 tons of MDI to Poland in 2025, down from 34,672 tons whilst South Korea increased shipments from 8,547 tons to 14,229 tons.

Czech polyol imports Jan-Dec 2025

Czech polyol imports amounted to 46,897 tons in 2025 against 43,046 tons in the same period in 2024.  Belgium supplied 11,802 tons against 12,774 tons in 2024. Average prices dropped to €2095.8 per ton against €2343.2. 

Other suppliers included Germany which shipped 7,118 tons against 7,311 tons in 2024 and the Netherlands increased shipments from 5,273 tons to 8,183 tons.

Hungarian polyol imports Jan-Dec 2025

Imports of polyols into Hungary rose in 2025 to 39,953 against 30,714 tons in the same period in 2024.  Imports from China amounted to 13,598 tons in the period January to December 2025 against 10,664 tons in January to December 2024. 

Polish polyol trade Jan-Dec 2025

Polish polyol imports amounted to 147,825 tons in January to December against 141,516 tons in the same period in 2024.  Germany was the largest supplier, increasing shipments to 34,137 tons whilst the Netherlands reduced deliveries from 33,807 tons to 29,550 tons.  

Polyol import prices into Poland dropped from €1793.2 per ton to €1659.3 per ton.  Despite the overall decline in average prices in 2025 for both exports and imports of polyols, prices in Europe did show a slight improvement in the latter part of the year even if there is no indication of a sustained rise.  The European polyether market was fairly balanced in terms of supply and demand in 2025, but at the same production and consumption have both been lower than in 2024. 

Polish polyol exports amounted to 52,084 tons in 2025 against 53,190 tons in the same period in 2024.  Italy was the largest destination for Polish polyol exports, mainly produced by PCC Rokita, taking 7,503 tons in the first ten months followed by Germany with shipments of 5,792 tons.  Average prices dropped from €2098.5 per ton to €1929.0 in 2025. 

Around two thirds of polyol production for PCC Rokita are exported from the Brzeg Dolny site and mostly to European destinations.  The company focuses essentially on two polyol groups, polyester and polyether.  Sales of polyester polyols in the Polish market were higher for PCC Rokita in 2025, whilst demand for polyether polyols was more restricted.  PCC Rokita has been close to using its full production capacity for polyester polyols which go mostly into polyurethane insulation panels.  For polyether polyols, the key market is flexible foams which are used mainly in the furniture industry.  In the first three quarters in 2025, the polyurethanes segment for PCC Rokita recorded weaker results compared to 2024.  The segment's EBITDA fell 49.8% to zl 18.2 million (€4.27 million), whilst sales volumes rose slightly from 66,500 tons to 67,100 tons.  

Hungarian maleic anhydride exports Jan-Dec 2025

Hungary exported 15,280 tons of maleic anhydride in January to December against 22,802 tons in January to December 2024.  Average prices rose from €1209.0 per ton to €1257.8 per ton.  Exports of maleic anhydride to Poland from Hungary dropped from 6,167 tons in 2024 to 2,106 tons in the same period in 2025.   

Hungarian organic chemical exports Jan-Dec 2025

Exports of organic chemicals from Hungary totalled 469,045 tons in 2025, down from 579,296 tons in 2024.  The largest commodity in the organic chemical sector is TDI, accounting for 41% of Hungarian organic chemical exports in January to December by volume and 33% by value.  Overall, the value of organic chemical exports from Hungary amounted to €1.346 billion in 2025 which was down from €1.249 billion in January to December 2024.  Imports of organic chemicals dropped from 692,690 tons in 2024 to 653,540 tons in 2025, with values dropping from €1.524 million to €1.451 million

Hungarian aniline & acrylonitrile imports Jan-Dec 2025

Aniline imports into Hungary dropped from 82,715 tons in January to December 2024 to 55,870 tons January to December 2025.  Inward shipments from BorsodChem-MCHZ in the Czech Republic amounted to 55,870 tons against 71,351 tons in January to December 2024.  Cost prices of aniline imports rose from €1382.0 per ton to €1387.2 per ton.

Acrylonitrile imports into Hungary rose in 2025 to 18,277 tons from 15,792 tons in the same period in 2024.  Imports from the Netherlands increased from 11,932 tons to 13,406 tons.  Average prices for acrylonitrile imports amounted to €1538.5 per ton in 2025 versus €1643.4 in 2024.

Polish organic chemical imports Jan-Dec 2025

Exports of organic chemicals from Poland dropped by volume to 1.434 million tons in January to December 2025 from 1.546 million tons in the same period in 2024, whilst imports rose from 3.917 million tons to 4.007 million tons.  Export values dropped from €1.477 million to €1.247 billion, whilst import values dropped from €3.912 billion to €2.732 billion.   A problem for some organic chemical exports, particularly oxo alcohols, consumers have sought to minimise their purchases, anticipating further price declines.  Prices for many products have dropped this year due to lower raw material costs and weak demand. 

Methanol is the largest organic chemical imported into Poland, with volumes totalling 661,182 tons in January to December 2025 against 627,119 tons in the same period in 2024.   For other organic chemical imports Poland imported 41.595 tons of acetic acid in January to December against 40,132 tons in January to December 2024.  The US provided 28,772 tons in 2025 against 16,744 tons in the same twelve month period in 2024. 

Ethyl acetate imports into Poland amounted to 11,311 tons in January to December 2025 against 14,276 tons in January to December 2024.  Belgium provided the largest share of imports.  VAM imports into Poland increased to 29,170 tons versus 17,828 tons.   

Maleic anhydride imports into Poland amounted to 10,065 tons in January-December 2025, versus 9,649 tons in the previous year.  Imports are currently sourced from Germany, Hungary and South Korea. 

Isopropanol imports into Poland amounted to 15,465 tons in January-December 2025, up from 12,674 tons in the previous year.  Aside Germany, imports come from the Netherlands and South Africa.

Polish glycol/oxide imports Jan-Dec 2025

Ethylene glycol imports into Poland dropped in 2025 to 34,810 tons versus 54,753 tons in January to December 2024.  Belgium is the main supplier of glycols to the Polish market.  DEG imports increased to 28,797 tons against 28,133 tons.  Ethylene glycol production at Plock increased in 2025.  PCC Exol is the main consumer of ethylene oxide in Poland. 

Polish organic chemical exports Jan-Dec 2025

Regarding export activity in organic chemicals, Polish shipments of monochloroacetic acid (MCAA) amounted to 32,304 tons in 2025.   MCAA production is undertaken by the PCC Group at Brzeg Dolny. 

Other organic chemical exports from Poland include glycerol where shipments amounted to 37,398 tons in January-December 2025 versus 32,934 tons in January to December 2024.   The main markets for Polish acetone exports included Italy, Germany, Romania and Lithuania. 

Methanol exports amounted to 213,988 tons in 2025 against 204,539 tons in January to December 2024.  Butyl acetate exports from Poland dropped from 7,047 tons in January to December 2024 to 4,609 tons in the same period in 2025. Solvent Wistol is the sole producer of n-butyl acetate in Poland. The Polish market for butyl acetate is relatively stable, with production expected to remain around 18,000 tons.  

Czech organic chemical trade Jan-Dec 2025

Czech organic chemical exports amounted in value to €1.023 billion million in 2025 against €1.244 billion in 2024, with volumes dropping from 544,700 tons to 516,500 tons. 

Imports of organic chemicals into the Czech Republic declined from €1.286 billion to €1.266 billion, whilst import volumes dropped from 684,700 tons to 655,700 tons.   Czech imports of organic chemicals are led by methanol where volumes amounted to 60,788 tons in 2025 against 64,383 tons in 2024.  2-EH imports amounted to 19,804 tons against 18,386 tons whilst imports of DINP plasticizers amounted to 11,002 tons. 

Other products imported include oxo alcohols, including 2-EH whereby inward shipments dropped to 14,015 tons in January to December this year versus 15,153 tons last year.  Most of the 2-EH imports come from the Azoty plant at Kedzierzyn-Kozle.  Plasticizer imports increased in the first ten months to 7,973 tons against 5,320 tons in the same period last year.

Czech methanol imports Jan-Dec 2025

Czech imports of methanol amounted to 48,421 tons in 2025 against 49,905 tons in the same period in 2024.  Prices per ton for methanol imports increased from €396.6 to €431.0 per ton.  

Poland supplied 18,525 tons to the Czech Republic in 2025 against 43,615 tons in 2024.  The US supplied 19,925 tons in January to December 2025, whilst the other sources of supply come from Estonia and Germany.  Venezuela supplied 3,465 tons to the Czech market in 2025, against 4,149 tons in 2024.

Hungarian methanol imports Jan-Dec 2025

Methanol imports into Hungary in January to December increased to 101,381 tons against 97,548 tons in January to December 2024.  Imports from Germany decreased from 59,276 tons to 48,352 tons, replacing sources from Poland and Slovakia. 

Imports from Slovenia into Hungary amounted to 17,282 tons in 2025 against 15,956 tons in the same period in 2024.  Average prices of methanol imports into Hungary amounted to €456.5 per ton against €425.2 per ton in 2024.

Polish methanol trade Jan-Dec 2025

Polish imports of methanol amounted to 661,182 tons in 2025 against 431,381 tons in January to December 2024.    Average prices in amounted to €364.1 per ton against €327.9 per ton in 2024.

The US supplied 161,082 tons of methanol to Poland in 2025 against zero tons in 2024.  Venezuela was the next largest supplier, shipping 109,092 tons followed by Trinidad with 108,394 tons. 

Imports from Belgium declined from 162,674 tons to 68,546 tons.  Tanker deliveries from Venezuela managed to get through the US blockade in December, so deliveries were not expected to be affected before the end of the year.  

Exports of methanol from Poland amounted to 213,988 tons in January to December 2025, rising from 204,539 tons in the same period in January to December 2024.  Polish methanol export prices rose fractionally in 2025 to €396.9 per ton measured against €396.6 in 2024.  At the start of 2025 there was a considerable price gap between export and import prices for methanol into and out of Poland, but from the third quarter onwards prices narrowed sharply to some degree of parity.

The largest destination for Polish exports was Germany which took 106,603 tons in 2025 against 104,380 tons in the same period in 2024.  Ukraine imported 25,014 tons in against 28,995 tons last year. 

Russian chemical production Jan-Dec 2025

Russian ethylene production amounted to 4.481 million tons in 2025 against 4.594 million tons in January to December 2024, whilst propylene production increased from 2.521 million tons to 2.595 million tons.  Benzene production fell from 1.365 million tons to 1.277 million tons with the drop starting to affect styrene producers.  In other area of aromatic production toluene dropped from 387,913 tons to 343,738 tons, whilst orthoxylene rose from 123,866 tons to 148,507 tons and paraxylene rose from 199,623 tons to 206,007 tons.

Ethylene glycol production dropped from 467,968 tons to 385,078 tons, mainly due to the reduction of ethylene deliveries from Kstovo to Dzerzhinsk in early 2025 due to drone damage.  Other products affected by drones include acetic acid where volumes dropped from 255,446 tons in the period January to December 2024 to 183,394 tons in 2024.  Production at the Nevinnomyssk plant was affected partially in July and August after Ukrainian drones struck the Azot on two occasions.   Methanol production at Nevinnomyssk was also affected in August after it was attacked in late July.  Overall, though total methanol production in Russia increased from 3.819 million tons in 2024 to 3.955 million tons in 2025.

Mass mobilisation is the one development that could affect everything.   SIBUR's petrochemical plants produced 14% more in 2025 than in 2024.  The rise was due largely to the launch of the EP-600 ethylene complex at Nizhnekamsk, and the modernisation of facilities at Kazan and an increase in production efficiency.   Nizhnekamskneftekhim increased production by 15% to 3 million tons, whilst Kazanorgsintez increased production by 10% to 1.1 million tons.  To ensure a sustainable supply of raw materials, SIBUR is building the Nizhnekamsk-Kazan ethylene pipeline, which will increase the transportation of ethylene to 500,000 tpa.

Russia’s petrochemical industry is relatively protected by costs, but the search for new markets in the face of sanctions and stagnation of demand in the world market still complicates initiatives to increase production.  The most important difficulty from sanctions is the ban on the supply of technology and equipment due to Western sanctions.  

Russian polymer production Jan-Dec 2025

Polyethylene production in Russia rose from 3.464 million tons in 2024 to 3.657 million tons, boosted at the end of the year by the start-up of the Irkutsk Polymer Plant.  The production of propylene polymers increased from 2.080 million tons to 2.167 tons in 2025.  Products that saw a decline in 2025 included styrene polymers, PVC and polyamide.  The production of synthetic rubbers in primary forms dropped slightly from 1.437 million tons to 1.432 million tons.   

Despite stability in production numbers the Russian polymer market is starting to feel the effects of a stagnating economy.  The year 2025 was marked by a decrease in demand from polymer and synthetic rubber processors, which created unfavourable conditions for polymer and synthetic rubber producers.  Polymer consumption in main application areas such as car production and construction suffered significantly in 2025.   Russia's largest petrochemical companies, including industry leader SIBUR Holding and its key assets Kazanorgsintez and Nizhnekamskneftekhim, are showing a sharp deterioration in financial results against an environment in falling prices and falling demand for polymers.

Russian ethylene production Jan-Dec 2025

Russian ethylene production totalled 4.481 million tons in 2025 against 4.594 million tons in January to December 2024. 

ZapSibNeftekhim at Tobolsk produced 1.547 million tons in January to December 2025, down from 1.551 million tons from January to December 2024.  Stavrolen at Budyennovsk reduced production from 340,105 tons to 285,059 tons in 2025.  Production in the Volga region increased from 2.213 million tons in 2024 to 2.179 million tons in 2025.   

Russian propylene production Jan-Dec 2025

Russian propylene production totalled 2.592 million tons in 2025 against 2.521 million tons in the same period in 2024.  ZapSibNeftekhim at Tobolsk reduced production from 958,355 tons in January to December 2024 to 981,662 tons in 2025, whilst the plants in the Volga region increased production from 633,824 tons to 650,124 tons.  Production at the Budyennovsk plant in the North Caucasus dropped from 141,228 tons to 120,911 tons whilst in Siberia the combined production of the Tomsk and Angarsk plant resulted in 483,076 tons versus 502,475 tons in 2024. 

Russian butadiene production Jan-Dec 2025

Russian butadiene production increased in 2025 to 595,355 tons versus 666,618 tons in 2024.  Production at the three sites in the Volga region dropped from 355,071 tons to 336,457 tons.   

Russian benzene-toluene production Jan-Dec 2025

Benzene production amounted to 1.273 million tons in 2025 against 1.365 million tons in the same period in 2024.  The Volga region for benzene production is the largest in Russia, reducing production from 804,409 tons in 2024 to 798,958 tons in 2025.  In recent months a benzene shortage was formed against the background of the growing involvement of aromatic hydrocarbons in the production of gasoline.  Russian toluene production dropped from 389,991 tons in 2024 to 352,384 tons in 2025. 

Styrene production amounted to 698,552 tons in 2025 against 730,415 tons in the same period in 2024.  Production in the Volga region takes place at Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Gazprom neftekhim Salavat, and the region accounted for 615,420 tons in the period January to December 2025, down from 654,051 tons in 2024.  Styrene production elsewhere in Russia takes place in Siberia, at Angarsk Polymer Plant where production totalled 29,423 tons in 2025.  

Russian plastics production Jan-Dec 2025

Russian bulk plastics production amounted to 10.774 million tons in January to December 2025 against 9.980 million tons in the same period in 2024. 

Production of five key polymers in Russia increased by 2.4% in 2025 and amounted to 7.47 million tons.  Consumption of five large-tonnage polymers (polyethylene, polypropylene, PET, polystyrene and PVC) in Russia in 2025, according to preliminary data, decreased by 2.3% compared to 2024. In absolute terms, it amounted to 6.69 million tons.  The only polymer where consumption increased was PET, which was 7.1% up over 2024.  Exports, on the other hand, represent the essential outlet for Russian polymer producers and particularly to the Chinese market.  Exports at the same time continue to face financial and logistical barriers. 

Regarding applications, pipe production from polymers declined from 1.167 million tons in 2024 to 982,899 tons in 2025.   The production of plastic pipes, hoses and fittings amounted to 975,000 tons  in 2025 (12.6% lower than in 2024). Production of polymer plates, sheets, films and strips dropped 9.8% to 1.577 million tons, whilst porous were down by 535,000 tons and non-porous were down by 5.4% to 461,000 tons. 

Russian polymer production Jan-Dec 2025

Production of ethylene polymers in Russia amounted to 3.803 million tons in January to December 2025, up from 3.592 million tons in the same period in 2024.  Production was boosted towards the end of 2025 by the start-up of HDPE production at the new unit at Irkutsk Polymer Plant.

The largest plant for the production of ethylene polymers is ZapSibNeftekhim at Tobolsk, located in the Ural Federal District.  ZapSibNeftekhim produced 1.566 million tons in 2025 against 1.571 million tons in January to December 2024, nearly all of which comprised main polyethylene grades HDPE and LLDPE.

The second largest region in Russia is the Volga Federal District where production increased from 1.144 million tons in January to December 2024 to 1.295 million tons in January to December 2025.  The Volga district includes producers from Bashkortostan including Gazprom neftekhim Salavat and Ufaorgsintez, and from Tatarstan Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Kazanorgsintez.   

Russian polyethylene trade Jan-Dec 2025

Russian polyethylene exports to China increased from 357,790 tons in January to December 2024 to 460,276 tons in the same period in 2025, with both HDPE and LDPE showing rises.  

HDPE from the new plant at Irkutsk has been targeted on the Chinese market.  Average prices for Russian polyethylene exports to China dropped from $864.4 per ton to $834.6 per ton in 2025.  Inward shipments of polyethylene from China into Russia dropped in 2025 to 75,548 tons against 101,763 tons in January to December 2024.  Average prices increased from $1434.8 per ton to $1623.2 per ton in 2025. 

The largest volume of imports consisted of ethylene-hexene copolymers where shipments into Russia amounted to 20,955 tons against 27,407 tons in the same period in 2024.