After several months of negotiations, India's annual potash fertilizer contract was finally announced on April 4, 2023.

Xinhua news in Beijing, January 4 (reporters Xu Ke, Dong Xue), Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference that Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has enabled regional countries to deepen cooperation and increase efficiency, which is a major victory for multilateralism and free trade. China will work with all parties to actively participate in the construction of RCEP mechanism and make positive contributions to regional prosperity and world economic

On 9 Nov., Argentine grain port workers have staged a surprise strike because of poor wage negotiations and other factors, delaying exports by one of the world's largest exporters, the labor union representing the country's grain port workers expressed on Monday.

According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC), global chemical production increased 1.4% in February, the growth rate was slightly slower than January.

The chemical industry had an outstanding performance in the first quarter. According to Wind data, up to the close of April 6, 47 listed companies in the first-class chemical industry of SYWGCHE have published their first-quarter performance forecast. Except one Hongda New Material, the performance of the other 46 listed companies are all reported to be pre-positive (pre-positive, profitable, slightly positive), with the pre-positive ratio as high as 97.87%.

Flight HU787 Haikou to Paris took off from Haikou Meilan International Airport with 35 tons of cargo at 1:30 am on 27 March, marking the official opening of the first scheduled intercontinental cargo route in Hainan Free Trade Port.

News of the new network on Mar., 17, the International Energy Agency (IEA) claimed that the current market's prediction of a new round of oil super cycle is overblown. and the global crude oil stocks still remained well above the level of a year ago when the COVID-19 began to have an impact on oil demand.

China's fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) rose 35.0% year on year, reaching 4523.6 billion yuan in January and February, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on March 15. Of this, private investment in fixed assets was 2618.3 billion yuan, up 36.4% year on year.

The outlook for the oil market is generally positive since the uncertainty in the market has been relieved, but the downside risks caused by COVID-19 remain, said by Barkindo recently, the secretary-general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

According to data released by the National Development and Reform Commission on February 26, the added value of the chemical industry in 2020 increased by 3.4% year on year, and the growth rate will drop by 1.4 percentage points.

On February 18, influenced by the rapid rise of international oil prices and other multiple factors, oil stocks of China's stock market were on a roll in the opening of the year, domestic energy commodity futures showed strong performance, and the chemical market was also going up significantly after the holiday.

Last Tuesday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) expressed that the resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic and new anti-epidemic blockade measures are restraining oil consumption and slowing the pace of recovery in demand.

China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released data on January 18, showing that the industrial added value of enterprises above designated scale increased by 2.8% in 2020 as compared with that of last year, and part of them were the manufactures of chemical materials and products, rising by 3.4%.

According to data collated by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), global chemical production rose 1.9% in November 2020, up from a 1.7% increase in October and the sixth straight month of growth starting in June.

According to data released on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission on January 5, the added value of the chemical industry increased by 9.7% year-on-year in Nov., 2020, with the growth rate increasing by 1.4% year-on-year.

Previously, CMA, MSC and ONE have all issued notices that Tianjin Xingang is facing a serious shortage of available refrigerated containers due to stricter customs inspection of imported refrigerated containers, which leads to slow pick-up of inbound refrigerated containers. For this purpose, the three companies are charging congestion surcharges on refrigerators that arrive at Tianjin port.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on December 18 that anti-dumping duties will be imposed on imports of ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) from the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the European Union for five years from Dec., 20, 2020.

Industrial raw coal, crude oil and natural gas of above state designated scale grew steadily in November, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Dec. 15.