Eight Months of War Turns China Petrochemical Glut Into a Crunch

Bloomberg Markets21 October 2026, 23:00 UTCPeople's Republic of China

China has burned through much of a petrochemicals glut built up by years of overproduction as the US-Iran war chokes oil flows, setting the stage for higher prices for an array of industrial materials.

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