MOSCOW (MRC) - Russia's unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production exceeded 74,100 tonnes in January 2015, up 31% compared with the same time a year earlier. Such a serious increase in production volumes provided RusVinyl, according to MRC ScanPlast.
January production of unmixed PVC in Russia grew to 74,100 tonnes, compared with 56,600 tonnes in January 2014 and 63,100 tonnes in December 2014. All Russian producers, despite sharp seasonal decline in demand for PVC kept a high level of capacity utilisation. Such a significant increase in production resulted from the increased production volumes at RusVinile - a new production site, which was launched in September last year.
Structure of PVC production over the reported period looked as follows. SayanskKhimPlast in January practically kept the December level of capacity utilisation. January production of suspension PVC (SPVC) at the plant was 24,600 tonnes, compared with 27,600 tonnes in January 2014 and 24,900 tonnes in December 2014.
Bashkir Soda Company (BSC) in January this year increased its capacity utilisation. The company's SPVC production in January was 22,700 tonnes, compared with 19,200 tonnes in January 2014 and 20,900 tonnes in December 2014.
Kaustik (Volgograd) in January 2015 produced 8,400 tonnes of SPVC, while in January and December last year it was 8,100 tonnes and 8,200 tonnes respectively.
RusVinyl (JV SIBUR and SolVin) in January increased capacity utilisation, while in November and December 2014 it had to reduce production volumes because of the technical problems. The producer's resin production in January 2015 was 18,400 tonnes, compared with 9,100 tonnes in December 2014. The main increase occurred for the production of suspension PVC.
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