MOSCOW (MRC) - Imports polycarbonate (PC) to the Ukrainian market increased by 9% in the first seven months of the year to 2,400 tonnes, according to MRC DataScope report.
Polycarbonate market in Ukraine is completely depends on import, that is, the volume of imports actually can be compared to the volume of PC consumption in the country. The main refining sector is the injection moulding, which takes 60% from the total PC market in the country.
Sheet extrusion segment takes 25%, and the blowing of bottles - about 15%. Moulded parts made from PC are mainly used in the automotive, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and exported to Europe and the CIS countries, mainly from Sabic, Bayer.
Over the reported period consumption of injection moulding PC in Ukraine grew by 4%, reaching 1,100 tonnes. The second largest sector is the sheet extrusion, with 572 tonnes imported in January-July, up 112% year on year on the back of increased production of PC sheets.
Ukrainian converters processed 410,000 tonnes of PC in the blow moulding sector over the reported period, up 17% year on year. The popularity of the delivery of water in offices and homes has increased, which in turn stimulated the demand for bottles of 19 litres.
According to market players, buying activity fell significantly in the summer. In the first place, it resulted from the holiday season and the unfavourable economic and political situation in the country. Lull in the market will last until the beginning of autumn. Foreign producers left export prices steady in Ukraine.
The price for PC in the domestic market most of all depend on the exchange rate fluctuations. Seasonality in the sector of extrusion blow moulding and has practically no effect on the Ukrainian prices of raw materials.
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