MOSCOW (MRC) -- Russia's imports of polycarbonate (PC) and compounds decreased to about 10,600 tonnes in January-November 2016, down 56% year on year, as per MRC DataScope.
Imports of PC by Covestro production for the period January-November reached 3,800 tonnes, Sabic - 2,300 tonnes, Lotte - 700 tonnes..
Imports of PC granulate for sheet extrusion have sharply decreased in the whole structure of Russia's imports over the reported period.
Total imports of PC granulate for sheet extrusion were only 1,850 tonnes in the eleven months of the year, compared with 11,300 tonnes year on year.
Sabic delivered to the Russian market only 300 tonnes of extrusion PC in January-November 2016 against 7,500 tonnes in the same period last year. Almost all producers of PC sheets, the main consumers of the extrusion PC, have shifted to the purchases of the material from Kazanorgsintez due to a more attractive prices. A sharp drop in imports Sabic was also a result that the company shut this year its Russian warehouses of engineering plastics. Buyers are purchasing material directly from the producer, bypassing Moscow office.
For the first few years, injection moulding PC accounted for the most part of the total PC imports into the country. Imports of injection moulding PC for eleven months of the year reached 7,600 tonnes, or 72% from the total imports. Total imports of PC and PC compounds in November were 880 tonnes compared with 980 tonnes in October.
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