MOSCOW (MRC) -- The average capacity utilisation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in Russia dropped in the first half of 2014 by 12.2% year on year and totalled 71.4% (83.6% - from January to June 2013), according to MRC ScanPlast.
PET production capacities in Russia were expanded to 90,000 tonnes in 2014. The second PET line was installed at Polief. Thus, the sector's overall production capacity reached 610,000 tonnes per year. At the same time, the total output at Russian plants virtually did not change much compared to the first half of 2013. About 218,000 tonnes of PET chips were produced from January to June 2014.
Alco-Naphtha reduced its PET production, despite a stable capacity utilisation of a new line at Polief and the previous production figures of Senezh and SIBUR-PETF.
At the same time, demand for imported PET increased this year. As reported earlier, PET imports to the Russian domestic market surged in the first half of 2014 by 40% year on year and reached 128,000 tonnes.
MRC