MOSCOW (MRC) - Imports of suspension polyvinyl chloride (SPVC) into Ukraine increased by one third in the first nine months of this year, compared to the same period in 2015 and totalled 81,300 tonnes, according to MRC DataScope.
September SPVC imports into Ukraine seasonally decreased to 9,000 tonnes, compared with 9,500 tonnes in August 2016. Local producers of PVC compounds reduced volumes of purchases. Total SPVC imports in the country grew to 81,300 tonnes in January - September 2016, compared with 60,900 tonnes year on year.
Structure of PVC imports into Ukraine over the reported period was as follows.
September imports of US SPVC into Ukraine decreased to 4,400 tonnes, compared with 4,500 tonnes in August. Ukraine's imports of US resin totalled 47,600 tonnes in the first nine months of the year, compared with 25,000 year on year. The peak of PVC imports supplies from the United States accounted for February - March, which corresponds to the period in November 2015 - January 2016, when export prices were at very low levels.
September imports of European PVC in Ukraine decreased to 4,100 tonnes, compared with 4,500 tonnes in August. Total imports of European PVC into Ukraine were about 28,600 tonnes in the first nine months of the year, compared with 29,000 tonnes year on year.
In late September, Ukrainian companies have resumed purchases of resin in Russia, having bought less than 500 tonnes. Russia's imports of resin into Ukraine decreased to 4,400 tonnes in Jan-September 2016, compared with 6,200 tonnes year on year.
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