PET resin: Relationships

Every element and industry that PET resin is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Purified terephthalic acid: PTA is one of PET's two building blocks, joined with MEG and then solid-stated into bottle resin, so PET bottles are a direct, steady outlet for PTA. India now protects bottle-grade PET with a $200.66 a tonne duty on Chinese resin while buying more Chinese PTA, which tends to support domestic resin makers' margins. (researched)
• Crude oil: Crude oil is a raw material for PET resin; their prices have moved together.
• E-commerce and digital marketplaces: E-commerce and digital marketplaces depends on PET resin.
• Food and beverage processing: Food and beverage processing depends on PET resin.
• Household and personal care: Household and personal care depends on PET resin.
• Monoethylene glycol: Their prices have moved together.
• Paraxylene: Their prices have moved together.
• Plastic and rubber products: Plastic and rubber products depends on PET resin.
• Polyester fibre: Their prices have moved together.
• Textiles and leather: Textiles and leather depends on PET resin.
• Waste and recycling: Waste and recycling depends on PET resin.
• Wholesale and retail trade: Wholesale and retail trade depends on PET resin.