PVC imports to Belarus rose by 39% in Jan-Oct 2020

MOSCOW (MRC) -- Overall imports of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into Belarus totalled 44,600 tonnes in the first ten months of 2020, up by 39% year on year, according to MRC"s DataScope report. 

According to the statistics committee of the Republic of Belarus, local converters reduced their purchasing of PVC in October 2020 on the back of a slight seasonal reduction in demand for finished products, total imports were 5,800 tonnes, whereas this figure was 6,200 tonnes a month earlier. Russian resin accounted for the main decrease in purchasing.

Thus, imports of unmixed PVC reached 44,600 tonnes in January-October 2020, compared to 32,200 tonnes a year earlier.

Russian producers with the share of about 85% of the Belarusian market were the key suppliers of resin to Belarus over the stated period. Producers from Germany and Ukraine with the share of approximately 8% and 5%, respectively, were the second and third largest suppliers.

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