MOSCOW (MRC) - Production of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in Russia increased to 484,600 tonnes in the first six months of this year, up 4% compared to the same period of 2017. Not all producers increased production volumes over the reported period, according to MRC ScanPlast.
June output of unmixed PVC exceeded 83,900 tonnes against 78,500 tonnes a month earlier, the low indicator of May was a result of a scheduled maintenance works at RusVinyl. Overall PVC production reached 484,600 tonnes in January-June 2018, compared to 467,700 tonnes a year earlier. All plants raised their output, except for RusVinyl.
The structure of PVC production by plants looked the following way over the stated period.
RusVinyl (JV of SIBUR and SolVin) produced about 28,800 tonnes of PVC in June, with emulsion polyvinyl chloride (EPVC) accounting for 2,400 tonnes, compared to 21,500 tonnes a month earlier. The Nizhny Novgorod producer shut down its production for a scheduled turnaround in the third decade of April. The maintenance was finished in early May. RusVinyl's overall production of resin reached 155,800 tonnes in the first six months of 2018, which is practically the same as in Q1 2017.
SayanskKhimPlast increased capacity utilisation last month, the plant's SPVC production reached 27,000 tonnes, whereas this figure was 26,600 tonnes in May. The Sayansk plant managed to produce 149,800 tonnes of resin in the first six months of the year, compared to 136,300 tonnes a year earlier.
Baskhir Soda Company produced about 21,300 tonnes of SPVC in June, against 22,300 tonnes a month earlier. The Bashkir plant's overall production of PVC exceeded 1323,600 tonnes in January-June 2018, up by 2% year on year.
Kaustik (Volgograd) in June decreased SPVC production, reaching about 6,900 tonnes, compared with 8,100 tonnes in May. The plant's overall production of resin exceeded 46,400 tonnes over the stated period versus 45,700 tonnes a year earlier.
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