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China's 2025 PA6 exports up 28% on available arbitrage chance

China PA6 export market showed a strong growth trend in 2025, as lower prices resulting from weaker supply-demand fundamentals made the export arbitrate opportunities available.

China caprolactam capacity toward large-scale and integrated development

For 2026-2030, scheduled new caprolactam capacity will hit 1.77 million tonnes/year at a 4.7% CAGR. The industry drove its CR5 up from 33% to 48% and the supporting rate between caprolactam and PA6 up to 55% during 2021-2025.

China PA6 exports surge as imports shrink in Nov

China's PA6 import-export landscape showed clear divergence in 2025: imports fell sharply while exports grew robustly, reflecting changing global demand and heightened domestic competition, according to OilChem.   China PA6 Imports & Average Import Price, 2024–2025 (Unit: '000 tonnes, $/tonne) S

China Oct PA66 output hit a new high of the year

China's domestic PA66 supply increased significantly in October with projected output reaching 82,000 tonnes, a 14.69% rise from September and the highest level this year. This growth is primarily due to the resumption of operations at previous maintenance units and enterprises voluntarily increasin

China Jan-Sep PA66 output up 16.39% YoY of 604,200 tonnes

In recent years, the domestic PA66 industry has continuously increased investment in capacity construction, resulting in leapfrog growth in production scale and a steady rise in output. According to OilChem data, from January to September 2025, domestic PA66 production reached approximately 604,200

China's import dependence of PA66 hits record low of 16.11% in H1

The dependence on imported PA66 in China refreshed a new low in the first half of year, as the persistently rising capacity contributed to drops in imports of PA66.   The country imported 58,400 tonnes of PA66 in the first half of the year, down by 31.29% year-on-year, and the dependence on

922,000 t/y new PA6 chip capacity to be released in H2 2025

According to data from OilChem, a total of 922,000 tonnes/year new PA6 (short for polyamide 6) chip capacity will be released in the second half of 2025 (H2 2025). By this way, China total PA6 chip capacity might reach 8,777,000 t/y by the end of the year.   Among them, two units

PA6 self-sufficiency rate hits new high of around 108% in Q1

The self-sufficiency rate of polyamide6 (PA6) refreshed a new high of around 108% in the first quarter (Q1) of the year against 107.65% in Q1, 2024--the highest last year, as the continual capacity expansion and higher capacity utilization rate both promoted PA6 supply to keep rising.   OilChem data

China's PA66 import dependence drops to 15.33% in Q1

The first quarter of 2025 saw PA66 output at approximately 203.3kt, an increase of about 32% compared to the same period last year. Additionally, the import dependence rate of China's PA66 declined to 15.33%.   2024-2025 China PA66 Monthly Output (Unit: 0'000 tonnes) Source: OilChem   Investment in

US reciprocal tariffs: Accelerating the decline of China's dependence on PA66 imports

To counteract the effects of US so-called "reciprocal tariffs", China will impose additional 34% tariff on all imported goods originating from the United States since 12:01, April 10, 2025, on the basis of the currently applicable tariff rates.   Affected by this, China PA66 import volume may decrea