Gasoline Blending Outlook

The return of light-sweet crude flows to the US and Europe will improve the domestic yield of aromatics. This reduced reliance on expensive spot toluene imports is beginning to weigh on global price offers.

Solvent Sector Relief

Industrial solvent users are seeing the first signs of price relief in months. However, with the peak driving season just beginning, the downward correction for toluene is expected to be slower than for other petrochemicals.