Polyvinylidene Fluoride Price Trend and Forecast 2026-2027

Market Overview

Germany set the price ceiling for Polyvinylidene Fluoride again in 2025, on energy costs, grade mix and a coatings-weighted demand base. It is the most expensive market in our coverage and it slid with everything else, with prices grinding from USD 20.50/KG in Q1 down to USD 19.30/KG by Q4, a drop close to 5.9%. The reasons were familiar ones. Chinese supply, thin converter buying and battery-binder demand that kept promising more than it delivered together outweighed the floor that steady fluorspar tried to hold. The global average eased from USD 12.80/KG to USD 11.90/KG across the year, off about 7.0%. For the back half of 2026 we look for a world average of USD 11.8 to 12.6/KG, helped by a slow revival in battery & coatings demand.

PVDF is a high-performance, semi-crystalline fluoropolymer built by the free-radical polymerisation of vinylidene fluoride monomer. The monomer runs back through R142b and hydrofluoric acid to fluorspar, so fluorspar sits at the base of the cost stack. Lithium-ion batteries dominate demand, where the resin binds electrodes and coats separators. The rest of the demand base is scattered across architectural coatings, chemical-processing pipe, cable jacketing, water-treatment membranes and semiconductor components. Homopolymer grades go mainly into binders & coatings, while copolymer grades serve the more flexible membrane and lining work. Arkema, Syensqo, Kureha, Daikin and Dongyue supply most of the market.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Price Forecast for 2026

Our read on the second half of 2026 is soft with a firming bias. The capacity China put in years ago still weighs on prices, utilisation is running below what producers would like, and export competition keeps offers keen. Binder demand is starting to firm as electric-vehicle output, storage-cell build, membrane projects and coatings restocking all pick up. That recovery is a gradual climb. Fluorspar and hydrofluoric acid economics keep the cost floor in place and cap the downside. We expect drift and small steps through the period.

Two things could break that pattern. A real squeeze in fluorspar would push prices through the top of our range, and Chinese producers hold an advantage here through integrated fluorite mining and captive R142b supply that Western producers lack. Montreal Protocol quotas cap R142b output outside China, where Chemours and Arkema run around 22,000 and 15,000 tonnes a year. The downside is the mirror image, where fresh Chinese capacity or weaker electric-vehicle cell output would deepen the glut and pull prices below the range.

For the Quarter Ending June 2026

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices Q2 2026:

• China: USD 9.80/KG
• United States: USD 15.40/KG
• Germany: USD 19.50/KG
• Japan: USD 16.00/KG

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in China

China stayed cheapest in the second quarter at USD 9.80/KG, a fall of about 3.2%. Capacity built during the battery boom still runs ahead of demand in binder, coating and membrane grades, and producers competed hard for cell-maker volume. Integrated fluorite and R142b supply gives Chinese makers a cost base others struggle to match. Binder orders improved, coating and membrane offtake held, export enquiries firmed, and the surplus kept the market on the back foot anyway.

Why did the price of Polyvinylidene Fluoride change in Q2 2026 in China?

Heavy domestic capacity and hard competition for cell-maker volume dropped China to USD 9.80/KG despite better binder orders.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in United States

The United States eased 2.0% to USD 15.40/KG. Battery-grade demand grew slowly as storage and vehicle programmes ramped, while architectural coatings, cable jacketing and membrane offtake held steady. Imported Chinese material set the ceiling on domestic offers. Arkema runs PVDF assets in the United States alongside its French sites.

Why did the price of Polyvinylidene Fluoride change in Q2 2026 in United States?

Slow battery-grade growth and cheap imports eased American prices to USD 15.40/KG, with feedstock economics limiting the fall.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in Germany

Germany fell 2.1% to USD 19.50/KG, still dearest on the board. European demand across coatings, cable jacketing and membranes was steady while battery cell programmes ran behind schedule. High energy costs hold the German base up and slow any decline. Syensqo expanded its Tavaux site in France to 35,000 tonnes a year, adding availability just as Chinese imports pressed offers lower.

Why did the price of Polyvinylidene Fluoride change in Q2 2026 in Germany?

Behind-schedule cell programmes and cheap imports eased Germany to USD 19.50/KG, with energy costs holding the floor high.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in Japan

Japan eased 1.9% to USD 16.00/KG. Kureha and Daikin both supply premium grades from Japanese sites, and that reputation supports pricing on binder, coating and membrane material. Domestic cell-maker demand was steady, export orders to Southeast Asia grew slowly, and membrane and coatings volumes held flat. Chinese offers capped the market and currency movement coloured the export arithmetic.

Why did the price of Polyvinylidene Fluoride change in Q2 2026 in Japan?

Steady premium-grade demand met cheap Chinese competition, easing Japan to USD 16.00/KG.

For the Quarter Ending March 2026

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices Q1 2026:

• China: USD 9.50/KG
• United States: USD 15.10/KG
• Germany: USD 19.10/KG
• Japan: USD 15.70/KG

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in China

Chinese prices eased 1.0% to USD 9.50/KG, the low point of the window. New Year shutdowns thinned converter demand in binders, coatings and membranes while producers kept lines running. Cell makers drew down binder inventory. R142b and fluorspar stopped a deeper slide, and the market steadied once battery output picked up in the spring.

Why did the price of Polyvinylidene Fluoride change in Q1 2026 in China?

New Year shutdowns and continued production eased China to USD 9.50/KG, with feedstock costs stopping a deeper slide.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in United States

The United States eased 1.3% to USD 15.10/KG. Winter coatings demand was seasonally light, battery-grade orders grew slowly, and cable and membrane offtake stayed flat. Imported material competed on price in binder, coating and membrane grades while domestic producers held run rates.

Why did the price of Polyvinylidene Fluoride change in Q1 2026 in United States?

Light seasonal coatings demand and competitive imports eased American prices to USD 15.10/KG, with R142b and fluorspar setting the floor.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in Germany

Germany eased to USD 19.10/KG, down roughly 1.0%. Coatings demand across Europe was thin for the season, cable and membrane orders stayed quiet, and battery offtake stayed measured with cell lines running below capacity. High power prices left producers little room to cut, so the fall was shallow and the market steadied by quarter-end.

Why did the price of Polyvinylidene Fluoride change in Q1 2026 in Germany?

Thin seasonal demand pushed prices down to USD 19.10/KG. Expensive energy propped up the floor.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in Japan

Japan opened the year soft, off about 1.3% at USD 15.70/KG. Orders from regional battery plants thinned early, electronics demand was seasonally light, coatings buyers stayed on contract volumes, and membrane projects paused over the winter. Currency swings coloured the export arithmetic while local buyers leaned on contracts. Producers held their nerve on output, the premium reputation of Japanese grades held with it, and the downside stayed contained before the Q2 turn.

Why did the price of Polyvinylidene Fluoride change in Q1 2026 in Japan?

Softer battery and electronics demand weighed on the market. Steady output and the fluorspar floor held the decline to USD 15.70/KG.

Quarterly Polyvinylidene Fluoride Price Trends

PVDF drifted down for most of the six-quarter window before it found a floor in Q2 2026. The average slipped from USD 12.40/KG in Q2 2025 to USD 12.10/KG, then USD 11.90/KG, hit bottom at USD 11.70/KG in Q1 2026, and recovered to USD 12.00/KG. Chinese oversupply and thin binder demand explain the long descent. Firmer feedstock and a demand pickup explain the turn. End to end, the market finished about 3.2% lower.

What was Polyvinylidene Fluoride Price in 2025?

Oversupply defined 2025 for this market. The global average opened near USD 12.80/KG and closed around USD 11.90/KG, a full-year decline of roughly 7.0%. Chinese capacity added during the battery investment wave stayed well ahead of what cell makers, coatings formulators and membrane fabricators actually needed. Architectural coatings, cable jacketing, pipe lining and membrane demand all grew steadily, and together they still left a surplus. Fluorspar and R142b costs held the floor and kept the decline orderly.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in China in 2025

Chinese PVDF fell from about USD 10.50/KG to USD 9.60/KG across 2025, down roughly 8.6%, and stayed the cheapest source in the world. Domestic capacity built for a battery boom that arrived more slowly than planned left producers competing hard on price in binder, coating and membrane grades. Integrated fluorite mining and captive R142b supply gave Chinese makers room to discount that others lacked. Binder demand improved late in the year as cell output rose, storage projects restarted, and coatings buyers restocked.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in United States in 2025

American prices eased from around USD 16.20/KG to USD 15.30/KG over 2025, off about 5.6%. Battery and storage programmes ramped more slowly than forecast, while architectural coatings, cable and pipe-lining demand held steady. Cheap Chinese imports capped domestic pricing power through the year. Fluorspar and hydrofluoric acid economics kept the American cost floor in place and limited the decline.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in Germany in 2025

Germany held the top of the market and still fell from USD 20.50/KG to USD 19.30/KG, a decline close to 5.9%. High energy costs held the German cost base up all year. European cell programmes ran behind schedule, and coatings, cable and membrane demand stayed steady through the year. Syensqo completed its Tavaux expansion, adding European supply into a soft market, and Chinese imports pressed offers lower throughout.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Prices in Japan in 2025

Japanese PVDF eased from about USD 16.80/KG to USD 15.90/KG across 2025, down around 5.4%. Kureha and Daikin hold a premium position on grade quality, which supported prices relative to Chinese material. Domestic cell-maker demand was steady, export competition intensified, and Chinese offers set the ceiling in most importing markets. The yen's level against the dollar shaped export economics, and steady feedstock costs contained the decline.

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