MOSCOW (MRC) - Russian producers of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) have kept a high level of capacity utilisation since the beginning of the year. Overall PVC output totalled 267,100 tonnes in January-March 2020, up by 3% year on year, according to MRC's ScanPlast report.
March production of unmixed PVC in Russia was 89,900 tonnes from 85,400 tonnes a month earlier, producers Bashkir Soda Company and RusVinyl increased capacity utilisation. The total volume of PVC production increased to 267,100 tonnes in January-March against 260,200 tonnes a year earlier.
The structure of PVC production by plants looked the following way over the stated period.
RusVinyl (JV of SIBUR and SolVin) produced about 29,900 tonnes of PVC in March, with emulsion polyvinyl chloride (EPVC) accounting for 2,400 tonnes, which actually corresponds to the figure a month earlier. Total SPVC production at RusVinyl increased to 92,200 tonnes in the first three months of this year, compared to 89,200 tonnes in the same period in 2019.
SayanskKhimPlast produced 28,500 tonnes of suspension PVC (SPVC) in March, whereas this figure was 26,500 tonnes in February. The Sayansk plant managed to produce about 83,200 tonnes of PVC in January-March, compared to 80,800 tonnes a year earlier.
Baskhir Soda Company produced about 24,200 tonnes of SPVC in March, against 21,900 tonnes a month earlier. Total SPVC production at Baskhir Soda Company increased to 69,700 tonnes in the first three months of this year, compared to 68,900 tonnes in the same period in 2019.
Kaustik (Volgograd) produced 7,400 tonnes of SPVC in March, compared with 7,100 tonnes in February. The plant's overall production of PVC reached 22,000 tonnes over the stated period versus 21,300 tonnes a year earlier.
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