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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Imports of
expandable polystyrene (EPS) into Ukraine decreased in January-November
2013 by 8.5% year on year and totalled about 23,000 tonnes,
according to MRC DataScope.
This
year's falling imports were accompanied by converters' general decline in
activity and lower EPS consumption on the back
of reductions in construction rates in Ukraine.
SIBUR-Khimprom is still the largest EPS supplier to the
Ukrainian domestic market. The overall Russian EPS imports to
Ukraine totalled 20,500 tonnes over the eleven month of the
year.
The share of Russian EPS in total consumption of the
material in Ukraine increased significantly, despite the overall cuts
in shipments. EPS imports from Russia grew by 7,000 tonnes year on
year, thereby substantially displacing the Chinese and European
suppliers.
November EPS shipments failed to
increase because of the lack of available quantities of
material in Russia, despite strong demand in the domestic market. EPS
imports to Ukraine fell in November by 66% from October to 1,700
tonnes. Falling imports were accompanied by an absence
of Ukrainian material in the market because of an
outage at Stirol, which led to a shortage of EPS in the Ukrainian market in
November. |
