MOSCOW (MRC) -- In March, Iranian polyethylene appeared in Kaliningrad, and in August the first delivery was made to a company in Saint-Petersburg - according to MRC Price reports on the Russian polyethylene market.
At the beginning of the year, European companies began to supply Iranian polyethylene to the European market. In June, HDPE from Iran appeared in the Ukrainian market, and in July overall supplies exceeded 500 tons. In Russia, polyethylene appeared in March when first volumes were delivered to Kaliningrad. This region is geographically isolated from the main Russian polyethylene producers, as a result, Kaliningrad companies are forced to buy major volumes of the material abroad.
In August, a converter from Saint-Petersburg received a pilot lot of film-grade HDPE from Iran. Yet no mass imports into the Russian market are observed. Iranian material is being tested at the moment, but it is possible that this material may take its niche in the Russian market.
For more information, please, refer to MRC "Polyethylene in Russia" Price reports.