In January, ABS imports went up by 18% (to 1.36 kt) compared to the same month last year. The share of injection moulding grades amounted to 87% of overall ABS imports. Major volumes of injection moulding material belonged to feedstock imported from Asian countries (61%).
HIPS imports were 25% down (to 0.99 kt), having decreased nearly two times compared to December. Supply of BASF’s material dropped sharply (3.5 times).
In January, GPPS imports increased 1% (to 0.80 kt), those of SAN – 64% (to 0.27 kt); at the same time, SBS imports fell by 19% (to 0.16 kt) compared to the same month last year.
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For more detailed information on the Russian polystyrene market, see Data Scope.
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