# Chemical Prices On The Rise - Everchem Specialty Chemicals

> ICIS reports that chemical prices rose sharply in early 2017 on restricted regional production, with gains in methanol, butadiene and benzene. The ICIS Petrochemical Index reached a level not seen since 2014.

- Date: 2017-02-15 · published 2017-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72825-chemical-prices-on-the-rise-everchem-specialty-chemicals
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Higher petrochemical prices raise costs for some industrial inputs, but this story concerns chemicals rather than feed ingredients, so its effect on feed commodity prices is limited.

## Sources

- everchem.com: https://everchem.com/chemical-prices-rise-2/

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