MOSCOW (MRC) - Production of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in Russia decreased to about 421,100 tonnes in the first seven months of this year, down 11% compared to the same period of 2015. A significant increase in production volumes showed RusVinyl, according to MRC DataScope report.
July output of unmixed PVC in Russia rose to 60,500 tonnes compared to 50,100 tonnes in June, on increased capacity utilisation at Bashkir Soda Company, SayanskKhimPlast also resumed PVC production after long-time shutdown. Russia's PVC production totalled to about 421,100 tonnes in January-July 2016 against 473,500 tonnes year on year. RusVinyl increased production by 39%, but this factor did not offset the forced SayanskKhimPlast's shutdown.
Structure of PVC production over the reported period looked as follows.
RusVinyl (JV of SIBUR and SolVin) produced about 23,300 tonnes of PVC in July, which was almost the same as in June (23,600 tonnes).
Total production of resin at RusVinyl in the first seven months of this year was about 180,100 tonnes, compared with 130,000 tonnes year on year.
Bashkir Soda Company increased capacity utilisation in July, with 22,100 tonnes of suspension polyvinyl chloride (SPVC) produced, compared with slightly more than 20,800 tonnes in June. Producer's production of PVC totalled about 148,700 tonnes in January - July of this year, up 1% year on year.
Kaustik Volgograd produced about 7,600 tonnes of SPVC in July, compared with 5,800 tonnes in June; producer shut its capacities for the turnaround in the late May - beginning June. Total PVC production at the plant exceeded 49,400 tonnes in January-July 2016, down 11% year on year.
SayanskKhimPlast resumed PVC production following forced shutdown since the mid-February, the first batches were shipped on 11 July.
The producer had to stop SPVC again in the second half of July because of problems with ethylene supply. For the incomplete July SPVC production at SayanskKhimPlast reached about 7,600 tonnes; total SPVC production at the plant was 42,800 tonnes in the first seven months of the year compared with 140,900 tonnes year on year.
MRC