MOSCOW (MRC) -- Overall production of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) totalled 89,800 tonnes last month, down by 2% year on year. At the same time, two producers managed to increase their PVC output, according to MRC's ScanPlast report.
January production of unmixed PVC was 89,800 tonnes versus 91,300 tonnes and 82,900 tonnes in January and December 2020, respectively. RusVinyl and Kaustic (Volgograd) reduced their capacity utilisation. Overall output of polymer totalled 976,500 tonnes in 2020 versus 975,000 tonnes a year earlier.
The structure of PVC production by plants looked the following way over the stated period.
RusVinyl produced 31,100 tonnes of PVC in January, with emulsion polyvinyl chloride (EPVC) accounting for 2,600 tonnes of the whole production volume, compared to 32,400 tonnes of PVC in January 2020 and 27,400 tonnes in December 2020. RusVinyl's overall output reached 332,900 tonnes in 2020, compared to 339,800 tonnes in 2019.
SayanskKhimPlast maintained a high level of capacity utilisation last month and produced 27,900 tonnes of suspension polyvinyl chloride (SPVC), which virtually corresponded to the figures in January and December 2020. The Sayansk plant managed to produce 299,500 tonnes of SPVC in 2020 versus 294,500 tonnes a year earlier.
Bashkir Soda Company produced 23,500 tonnes of SPVC in January 2021, compared to 23,600 tonnes in January 2020 and 23,100 tonnes in December 2020. The Baskhir plant's overall production of PVC reached 267,600 tonnes in 2020, up 2% year on year.
Kaustik, Volgograd produced 7,400 tonnes of SPVC last month, whereas this figure was at 7,500 tonnes in January 2020 and 6,900 tonnes in December 2020. The plant's overall output of resin reached 76,500 tonnes in 2020, compared to 77,500 tonnes in 2019.
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