Impact of Tariffs on China's Propane Market and PDH Production

Asia propylene (C3) market is likely to see tighter short-term supply as China propane dehydrogenation (PDH) producers are now faced with surging propane import costs due to the US-China tariff hikes. While downstream demand and end-user consumption could be negatively impacted on tariff barriers. 

In this chemical podcast, ICIS senior analyst Joey Zhou and analyst Seymour Chenxia discuss what changes Asian C3 market is going to embrace in the US tariff upheaval. And the topics will be focusing on:

 1.     Asia propylene price trends and forecasts

2.     China PDH run rate could fall below 60％ on surging costs

3.     Run rate for other production routes likely to rise

4.     Tariff impact to C3 derivatives and end-user consumption