TABLE: Chinese April chemical import, export data

30 May 2006 03:54  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Following is a table of selected Chinese chemical imports and exports for the month of April compared with the same month in 2005, with the percentage change in brackets.

Product	Period	Import (tonnes)	Export (tonnes)
Naphtha	Apr 2006	107187 (NA)	166968 (-28%)
	Apr 2005	0	230356
	2005	348968	1397450
	2004	50869	1779565
Olefins
Product	Period	Import (tonnes)	Export (tonnes)
Ethylene	Apr 2006	5219 (125%)	15639 (107%)
	Apr 2005	2321	7571
	2005	111398	82067
	2004	67567	22313
Propylene	Apr 2006	34537 (262%)	1 (-100%)
	Apr 2005	9540	1315
	2005	188763	8819
	2004	213318	2
Butadiene	Apr 2006	9262 (8%)	959 (179%)
	Apr 2005	8581	344
	2005	147165	11991
	2004	195899	3603
Polymers
Product	Period	Import (tonnes)	Export (tonnes)
hdPE	Apr 2006	205380 (10%)	1647 (91%)
	Apr 2005	187445	864
	2005	2445756	26510
	2004	2315998	10228
ldPE	Apr 2006	71050 (-33%)	1549 (93%)
	Apr 2005	106008	804
	2005	1109812	17783
	2004	1341543	6513
lldPE	Apr 2006	143134 (-13%)	40 (-97%)
	Apr 2005	164221	1242
	2005	1704429	13002
	2004	1139028	3113
PP	Apr 2006	273499 (8%)	2165 (17%)
	Apr 2005	254097	1852
	2005	3023313	22492
	2004	2913925	15315
PVC	Apr 2006	137370 (-11%)	34387 (312%)
	Apr 2005	154995	8344
	2005	1661270	149572
	2004	2110226	43348
PS	Apr 2006	120171 (-5%)	14247 (-1%)
	Apr 2005	127089	14388
	2005	1421456	125801
	2004	1562549	74429
ABS	Apr 2006	186079 (10%)	1313 (-22%)
	Apr 2005	168418	1675
	2005	1987038	14240
	2004	1963137	15870
PC	Apr 2006	72240 (5%)	15250 (66%)
	Apr 2005	69091	9202
	2005	730809	132093
	2004	729813	117650
Aromatics
Product	Period	Import (tonnes)	Export (tonnes)
Benzene	Apr 2006	58385 (545%)	2908 (101%)
	Apr 2005	9050	1445
	2005	255125	16221
	2004	52780	13905
Toluene	Apr 2006	64146 (-38%)	406 (176%)
	Apr 2005	103517	147
	2005	806009	1725
	2004	817489	1833
MX	Apr 2006	1251 (-75%)	5 (71%)
	Apr 2005	5022	3
	2005	33690	648
	2004	28911	8551
PX	Apr 2006	142732 (15%)	0 (-100%)
	Apr 2005	123854	10228
	2005	1607902	62942
	2004	1136628	32277
Intermediates
Product	Period	Import (tonnes)	Export (tonnes)
SM	Apr 2006	202233 (-11%)	56 (-91%)
	Apr 2005	228313	647
	2005	2812049	12483
	2004	2889022	8626
PTA	Apr 2006	650754 (27%)	0 (NA)
	Apr 2005	511660	0
	2005	6491302	54
	2004	5720565	5501
MEG	Apr 2006	388153 (-2%)	56 (1%)
	Apr 2005	397820	56
	2005	4000342	12282
	2004	3390956	25803
ACN	Apr 2006	16211 (-50%)	3971 (NA)
	Apr 2005	32112	0
	2005	316409	31893
	2004	318643	10
Caprolactam	Apr 2006	39096 (-19%)	2 (NA)
	Apr 2005	47974	0
	2005	493141	2039
	2004	449278	4
Phenol	Apr 2006	29699 (-27%)	3 (-90%)
	Apr 2005	40745	33
	2005	291333	1218
	2004	281248	1578
Others
Product	Period	Import (tonnes)	Export (tonnes)
Methanol	Apr 2006	74395 (-7%)	11685 (-3%)
	Apr 2005	80017	12085
	2005	1360280	54496
	2004	1358528	32859
Acetone	Apr 2006	41118 (23%)	11 (-75%)
	Apr 2005	33353	44
	2005	337399	373
	2004	254263	538
BPA	Apr 2006	28141 (17%)	201 (-80%)
	Apr 2005	24040	999
	2005	278771	9333
	2004	11559	1244
IPA	Apr 2006	12037 (25%)	218 (-29%)
	Apr 2005	9663	305
	2005	111911	4558
	2004	107286	2494
MEK	Apr 2006	9875 (-22%)	2002 (-50%)
	Apr 2005	12737	4017
	2005	121045	33174
	2004	143198	8740
MIBK	Apr 2006	5142 (2%)	45 (-43%)
	Apr 2005	5050	80
	2005	38721	407
	2004	36900	1099
Ethanol	Apr 2006	2448 (5464%)	74193 (563%)
	Apr 2005	44	11184
	2005	15936	158654

Source: China Customs

By: Michael Urquhart
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