Domestic PTA production this week stood at 1,426,200 metric tons, down by 78,500 metric tons from the previous week.

Domestic PTA capacity utilization rate this week was 74.48%, a decrease of 4.00 percentage points from last week.

The average operating rate in the polyester industry this week was 82.23%, down by 0.39 percentage points from the previous week.

Social inventory of PTA this week was approximately 4,367,000 metric tons, an increase of 22,900 metric tons compared to the prior week.

The average PTA processing margin this week was RMB 180.16 per metric ton, down by RMB 132.66 per metric ton from last week.