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The European polyurethane market is set to expand to 2021, but some countries will grow, and others could shrink, Angela Austin of Labyrinth Research & Markets told delegates the FSK which was meeting here.
US mattress imports fell for the fourth straight month in September to 1.37m units.
Passenger vehicle production in China was 2.2m units in October 2019. This is a 6.0% fall compared with October 2018, according to consultants LMC Automotive.
Automotive retail sales in the US are likely to be 1.13m units in October 2019. This is a 2.9% rise compared with October 2018, according to consultants JD Power and LMC Automotive.
Polyurethane production in Japan fell by 4.6% in August 2019, compared with the same month in 2018.
Car sales in the Asean trading area in August were 201,000 units. This is a rise of 6% compared with the same month last year.
The number of US building permits issued in the first nine months of 2019 was down by 1.24% at
World new car registrations in September 2019 were down 2.7% compared with the same month in 2018, at 7.51m units.
Chinese mattress exports to the US totalled 67,500 units in August. This is a fall of 93% compared to the same month in 2018.
China exported $848m mattresses and bedding products in August 2019. This is up by 0.9% from August 2018.