MOSCOW (MRC) -- The output of unblended PVC in Russia totalled about 328,000 tonnes in the first half of the year, up 2% year on year, according to MRC ScanPlast.
Only SayansKkhimPlast and Kaustik (Volgograd) managed to increase production in the first six months of the year, whereas other Russian producers showed a negative result.
SayansKkhimPlast produced more than 27,000 tonnes of suspension PVC (PVC-S) in June. The total output of the resin by the plant in January-June totalled 154,200 tonnes, up 6% year on year.
Bashkir JSC "Soda" (formerly Sterlitamak Kaustik) reduced its capacity utilization in June by 7% from May, its June PVC-S production made about 16,800 tonnes. JSC "Sods" produced about 107,300 tonnes of resin in the first half of 2013, down 1% year on year.
The third-largest Russian PVC producer Kaustik (Volgograd) reduced its capacity utilization in June by 2% from May, the total output of suspension made 7,700 tonnes. The Volgograd plant managed to produce about 47,200 tonnes of PVC in the first six months of 2013, up 18% year on year, because of the transfer of a scheduled maintenance at the Volgograd plant for the autumn.
SIBUR-Neftekhim completely shut down its chlorine production in early April as part of the project RusVinyl. The plant managed to produce less than 700 tonnes of PVC-S over a few working days in April.
Thus, the total PVC-S output in Russia amounted to 319,000 tonnes in the first half of 2013, up 3% year on year. SayanskKhimPlast ensured the main increase in the output.
Russia's only producer of emulsion PVC Khimprom (Volgograd) has increased gradually its capacity utilization since May. The plant produced 1,600 tonnes of PVC in June. In January-June, 2013, Khimprom (Volgograd) produced slightly more than 9,000 of emulsion PVC, down 10% year on year.
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