MOSCOW (MRC) -- Ukraine's polypropylene (PP) imports totalled about 74,000 tonnes in the first seven months of the year, up 9% year on year. Demand for all PP grades increased, as per MRC DataScope.
July PP imports into Ukraine rose to 13,200 tonnes, compared with 10,800 tonnes in June; the main increase accounted for the supply of homopolymer PP. Overall imports of propylene polymers reached 74,000 tonnes in January-July 2018, compared to 67,700 tonnes a year earlier. Demand for all PP grades increased, but PP block copolymers accounted for the greatest growth.
The structure of PP imports by grades looked the following way over the stated period.
July imports of homopolymers of propylene to the Belarusian market rose to 10,200 tonnes against 8,000 tonnes a month earlier, local companies increased the volume of purchases of homopolymer PP raffia. Overall shipments of homopolymer PP reached 54,700 tonnes in the first seven months of 2018 versus 51,600 tonnes a year earlier. Last month's imports of block propylene copolymers (PP block copolymers) were 1,300 tonnes, compared to 1,200 tonnes in June. Demand for injection moulding propylene copolymers improved from local companies.
Imports of PP block copolymers into the country were about 7,700 tonnes in January-July, compared with about 7,500 tonnes year on year.
July imports of of statistical copolymers of propylene (PP random copolymers) did not exceed 1,500 tonnes versus 1,300 tonnes a month earlier, demand for PP subsided from film products producers. Overall imports of PP random copolymer exceeded 10,200 tonnes in January-July 2018, whereas this figure was 7,400 tonnes a year earlier.
Overall imports of other propylene copolymers totalled slightly over 1,300 tonnes over the stated period.
MRC