MOSCOW (
MRC) -- Russia's production of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) rose in the first six months of 2017 by 30% year on year, totalling 467,700 tonnes. Last year's low output was caused by the long forced shutdown at SayanskKhimPlast, according to MRC's ScanPlast report.
June production of unmixed PVC in Russia dropped to 81,200 tonnes from 84,000 tonnes a month earlier, all producers, except for SayanskKhimplast, reduced their PVC output. Overall PVC production reached 467,700 tonnes in January-June 2017, compared to 360,600 tonnes a year earlier. This year's high level of production growth was caused by the long forced outage at SayanskKhimPlast in February-July 2016.
The structure of PVC production by plants looked the following way over the stated period.
RusVinyl (joint venture of SIBUR and SolVin) produced about 25,400 tonnes of PVC in June, 2,200 tonnes of which accounted for emulsion polyvinyl chloride (EPVC), compared to 27,800 tonnes a month earlier. Thus, RusVinyl's overall production of resin reached 155,800 tonnes in the first six months of 2017, down by 1% year on year.
SayanskKhimPlast increased its capacity utilisation last month, the plant's suspension polyvinyl chloride (SPVC) production reached 26,900 tonnes, whereas this figure was 25,900 tonnes in May. The Sayansk plant managed to produce 136,300 tonnes of resin over the stated period versus 35,300 tonnes a year earlier (2016 low output was caused by the long shutdown from mid-February to July).
Bashkir Soda Company (BSC) produced 21,600 tonnes of SPVC in June, whereas 22,300 tonnes were manufactured in May. The plant's output of resin totalled about 130,000 tonnes in the first half of 2017, compared to 126,700 tonnes a year earlier.
Kaustik (Volgograd) slightly reduced its production last month, the plant's overall SPVC output slightly exceeded 7,300 tonnes versus 8,000 tonnes in May. The plant's overall production of resin reached 45,700 tonnes over the stated period, compared to 41,800 tonnes a year earlier.
MRC