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At the same time, last month"s GPPS and HIPS imports to the Russian
market grew by 28% to 3,800 tonnes from 2,900 tonnes in February 2019. Imports
of material into the country were 4,300 tonnes in January 2020.
GPPS
imports to Russia grew in January-February 2020 by 71% year on year, totalling
5,600 tonnes.
Russian companies increased their imports of material by
66% last month: from 1,600 tonnes in February 2019 to 2,600 tonnes, imports were
3,000 tonnes a month earlier.
HIPS imports have continued to decline
since September 2019. They were 1,200 tonnes in February 2020 versus 1,400
tonnes a month earlier and 1,300 tonnes in February 2019. However, imports
remained virtually unchanged year on year in the first two months of 2020,
totalling 2,500 tonnes.
European material of Styrolution and Versalis
accounted for about 90% of HIPS and GPPS shipments.
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