Purified terephthalic acid: Relationships

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

Polyester fibre: PTA is the larger of the two building blocks of polyester, so polyester yarn and fibre makers live on a thin spread over PTA and MEG; in India, Reliance sits on both sides and trade rules on PTA decide how much cheap Chinese supply reaches spinners. (researched)
Monoethylene glycol: MEG and PTA are the two halves of every polyester and PET molecule, bought together by the same plants in a fixed ratio. Both chains are centred on China, where capacity has outrun demand, so their margins have been squeezed at the same time even while polyester plants ran hard. (researched)
PET resin: 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 purified terephthalic acid; their prices have moved together.
Acetic acid: Their prices have moved together.
Paraxylene: Their prices have moved together.
Plastic and rubber products: Plastic and rubber products depends on purified terephthalic acid.
Refining and reforming: Their prices have moved together.
Textiles and leather: Textiles and leather depends on purified terephthalic acid.