MOSCOW (MRC) -- The overall exports of polypropylene (PP) from Russia exceeded 168,100 tonnes over the first five months of 2015, up by 116% year on year. China, Turkey and Belarus are the key PP consumers, according to MRC ScanPlast report.
March accounted for peak export PP sales, which totalled 55,800 tonnes; slightly over 22,100 tonnes were shipped to foreign markets (26,400 tonnes in April). Thus, Russian producers managed to raise export sales of propylene polymers from January to May 2015 to 168,100 tonnes due to a significant increase in production from 77,900 tonnes a year earlier. China, Turkey and Belarus accounted for the largest exports, which was more than 60%.
Tobolsk-Polymer, Poliom and Stavrolen with the share of 48%, 24% and 7%, respectively, of the total exports are the key exporters of propylene polymers. It is also worth noting a significant growth of export sales by Ufaorgsintez this year -over 6,000 tonnes in the stated period.
The geography of Russian PP exports is quite extensive. European countries (Belgium, Poland, Serbia, Lithuania), as well as Brazil and India, should be mentioned except for the top three countries.
If the exports structure is considered, propylene homopolymers (homopolymer PP) accounted for more than 94% of the total exports, whereas block copolymers of propylene (PP-block) accounted for about 5% and statistical copolymers of propylene (PP-random) accounted for only 1%.
MRC