US ethanol exports are forecast to fall around 100 million gallons year on year to 1.5 billion gallons in 2019 as trade flows redirects away from China toward Southeast Asia and India, according to industry executive in an interview at the S&P Global Platts Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore Wednesday. SEE MORE Shares of petrochemical companies in Asia were mostly trading higher on Monday, in line with soft gains in regional bourses, as investors look forward to stimulus measures following release of more downbeat economic data. SEE MORE India’s demand for styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) is expected to remain in the doldrums in the near term because of continued slump in major downstream automotive industry. SEE MORE The Latin American polyethylene terephthalate (PET) market is going through a trying time severely impacted by the regional economies and the global slowdown caused by the tariff war between the US and China. SEE MORE OPEC and its allies have been using the wrong target for draining excess stockpiles. As a result, they may have to consider longer and deeper cuts. SEE MORE