MOSCOW (MRC) -- Russia's overall production of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) totalled 805,100 tonnes in January-October 2020, which corresponds to the last year's figure. At the same time, two producers managed to increase their PVC output, according to MRC's ScanPlast report.
October total production of unmixed PVC grew to 86,600 tonnes from 86,000 tonnes a month earlier, SayanskKhimPlast and Bashkir Soda Company increased their capacity utilisation. Overall output of polymer was 805,100 tonnes in the first ten months of 2020, which virtually corresponds to the last year's figure. Two producers increased their production, whereas two other manufacturers reduced their output.
The structure of PVC production by plants looked the following way over the stated period.
RusVinyl reduced its capacity utilisation in October and produced 30,100 tonnes of PVC, with emulsion polyvinyl chloride (EPVC) accounting for 2,800 tonnes, compared to 30,400 tonnes a month earlier. RusVinyl's overall output of resin reached 276,600 tonnes in the first ten months of 2020, compared to 286,600 tonnes a year earlier.
SayanskKhimPlast raised its capacity utilisation last month and produced about 28,000 tonnes of suspension PVC (SPVC), whereas this figure was 27,100 tonnes in September. The plant managed to produce 244,500 tonnes of PVC in January-October 2020, compared to 241,000 tonnes a year earlier.
Bashkir Soda Company (BSK) also increased its capacity utilisation in October, the final output reached 23,800 tonnes versus 21,500 tonnes a month earlier. The Baskhir plant's overall production of resin reached 221,300 tonnes in January-October 2020, up by 2% year on year.
Kaustik, Volgograd's PVC production was 4,800 tonnes last month because of the shutdown for maintenance in the first decade of October versus 7,000 tonnes in September. The plant's overall production of resin reached 62,700 tonnes in the first ten months of 2020 versus 65,300 tonnes a year earlier.
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