MOSCOW (MRC) -- Imports of suspension polyvinyl chloride (SPVC) into Ukraine increased in the first eight months of 2016 by 42% year on year, totalling over 72,300 tonnes, according to MRC's DataScope report.
August SPVC imports to Ukraine rose to 9,500 tonnes from 7,600 tonnes a month earlier. Both producers of profile-moulded products and plasticized compounds increased their polyvinyl chloride (PVC) purchasing. Overall imports of suspension grew to 72,300 tonnes in January-August 2016, compared to 50,900 tonnes in the same period of 2015.
The structure of PVC imports to Ukraine looked the following way over the stated period.
August PVC imports from the US exceeded 4,500 tonnes versus 4,000 tonnes a month earlier. Thus, imports of North American resin from the US totalled 43,200 tonnes in January-August 2016, compared to 18,900 tonnes a year earlier. Low export prices of North American producers was the main reason for such a major rise in purchases by Ukrainian companies.
Last month's shipments of European PVC to the Ukrainian market grew to 4,500 tonnes from 3,500 tonnes a month earlier. Overall imports of European PVC to Ukraine were 24,500 tonnes in the first eight months of the year, compared to 25,700 tonnes a year earlier.
Shipments of Russian resin totalled about 4,000 tonnes in the first eight months of 2016 versus 6,000 tonnes a year earlier.
MRC