Due to feedstock shortage, sluggish demand, high inventory and similar prices of virgin PSF and re-PSF, recycled chemical fiber plants generally shut for Spring Festival holiday earlier this year. A few plants in Zhejiang have suspended operation, and some plants in Wujiang and Jiangyin would start
Before 2018, the price spread between virgin PSF and re-PSF was normal, and the obvious substitution of virgin PSF for re-PSF appeared apparently in 2020. In 2021, some market shares of re-PSF recovered. Currently, the substitution between HC virgin PSF and HC re-PSF is relatively easy, based on the