Tag: #HDPE
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Closure of downstream plastics factories feared
Domestic downstream plastic products manufacturers have raised alarm over serious threats of factory closures due to supply constraints of their raw materials.
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Safeguard duty on HDPE, LLDPE imports opposed
The downstream plastics manufacturing industry has strongly opposed plans of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to impose safeguard duty on imported high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) pellets and granules stressing such move will only benefit a single entity the Gokongwei-owned JG Summit Petrochemical Corp. (JGSPC), which they blamed for the influx of imports as it cannot meet local demand.