MOSCOW (MRC) -- Overall polypropylene (PP) imports into Belarus increased to 117,200 tonnes in 2021, up by 1.3% year on year. Demand exclusively for propylene homopolymers (homopolymer PP) increased, according to MRC's DataScope report.
December PP imports in the Republic of Belarus rose to 10,800 tonnes from 9,000 tonnes a month earlier. Local companies increased their purchasing of all grades of propylene polymers, in order to build up additional inventories for the first half of January. Overall PP imports of propylene polymers reached 117,200 tonnes in 2021 versus 115,600 tonnes a year earlier. Demand for exclusively homopolymer PP imports increased, whereas demand for propylene copolymers decreased.
The supply structure by PP grades looked the following way over the stated period.
December imports of homopolymer PP grew to 7,600 tonnes from 6,800 tonnes a month earlier, purchases in Russia and Azerbaijan increased. Overall imports of homopolymer PP reached 86,400 tonnes in 2021, up by 2.3% year on year.
December imports of propylene copolymers to Belarus were 3,200 tonnes versus 2,200 tonnes a month earlier, local companies increased their procurement of injection moulding block-copolymers of propylene (PP block copolymer) from Russian producers. Thus, overall imports of propylene copolymers reached 30,800 tonnes in January-December 2021, down by 1.2% a year earlier.
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