What's New

New Product Coverage

To expand our coverage of global trade, ITP launched these newsletters:

 The Ethylene Trader - covering trade in ethylene
 The Propylene Trader - covering trade in propylene
 The DEG Trader - covering trade in diethylene glycol
 The Ethylene Copolymers Trader - covering trade in polymers of ethylene other than polyethylene and EVA
 The EVA Trader - covering trade in ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers
 The SAN Trader - covering trade in styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers

World Trade Annual Reviews of 2008

ITP's Reviews are comprehensive studies of world trade in 2008, developed from the import and export statistics of 45 countries. They contain detailed analyses of trade between countries and regions, Ten-Year Histories of Regional Trade Flows, World Trade Matrixes and Global Plant Capacities (for most products). The Reviews are available for the following individual products and may also be purchased as complete groups. World Trade Annual Reviews are provided to newsletter subscribers free of charge and may be purchased separately by non-subscribers.

Commodity Polymers World Trade Reviews - Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Propylene Copolymers, Polystyrene, PVC, Ethylene Copolymers and EVA
Engineering Polymers World Trade Reviews - ABS, PET, Polyacetals, Polycarbonates and SAN
Major Organics World Trade Reviews - Ethylene (new), Propylene (new), Benzene, EDC/VCM, MEG, DEG (new), Methanol and Styrene

New Monthly Newsletter Features

New graphs of the ITP Global Trade Demand Indicator - The ITP Indicator measures global demand in the form of trade for each product. It is the sum of imports into all countries, which equals the sum of exports from all countries. Because petrochemical products are extensively traded globally, trade is an important indicator of demand. The new monthly graphs of the ITP Indicator follow the physical movement of product from month to month and indicate current trends in demand.

Graphs of Major Trade Flows - ITP recently added graphs showing the monthly volume of major trade flows over a 13-24 month period, including intra-regional trade in key regions and exports from leading exporting regions to high volume destinations. These graphs make it possible to see the impact of one region's trade on another and to identify emerging trends that are otherwise not evident from year to date quantities and percentage changes.

ITP's Global Trade Report

ITP's Global Trade Report is a quarterly review of trade in commodity polymers, engineering polymers and major organic chemicals. The Global Trade Report is a convenient way of following and comparing major trends for each region. The Report is provided in PDF format.     Download a sample Quarterly Global Trade Report (PDF)

World Trade Matrixes Updated for Subscribers

Current and historic quarterly World Trade Matrixes are available to subscribers in Excel and PDF formats.

Global Capacities Update for Subscribers

Global Capacities by plant from 2003 and projected through 2012, have been updated for the products ITP follows and are available to subscribers in Excel and PDF formats.

Early Release Trade Statistics

For the most current import and export statistics available anywhere for many key countries, be sure to check ITP's "Early Release Trade Statisics" feature. This unique web-based feature allows subscribers, with their User ID and Password, to access trade data immediately after release. Countries generally include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea and the United States.

Delayed Trade Statistics

This web-based feature allows subscribers, with their User ID and Password, to access the trade data of countries whose import and export statistics are received too late to be used in current newsletters. "Delayed Trade Statistics" can be found next to ITP's "Early Release Trade Statistics" feature. Included countries vary.

OnLine Guide

You can use the OnLine Guide feature to help you determine how best to use our monthly publications and annuals reviews. Clicking on this icon will bring you to descriptions of each feature in the monthly publications and annual reviews and suggestions as to how they can be used. A section on "explanatory notes" provides details on statistical sources, conventions used and other background information.