MOSCOW (MRC) -- Imports of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into Kazakhstan in January-October 2013 increased by 5% year on year, according to ICIS-MRC Price report.
The overall PET imports totalled 46,500 tonnes in the first ten months of the year.
Chinese material accounted for 75% of the total consumption of PET chips. The overall PET imports from China to Kazakhstan almost reached 35,000 tonnes in January-October, 2013.
Imports of Korean PET amounted to more than 11,000 tonnes in January-October.
The overall PET imports to Kazakhstan totalled 52,700 tonnes in 2012. Converters and bottlers' needs are fully met by imports, because Kazakhstan has no domestic production of PET chips.
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