Europe SBR slips on demand, feedstocks.

The article discusses a decline in European styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) prices because of lower butadiene (BD) feedstock costs and low demand. Although there was some improvement in demand last week, demand is expected to further decrease because of the traditional European summer slowdown. Some expect the announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding selling of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (E-SBR) to impact the European market.