Europe January chlorine production falls 0.6%

22 February 2008 11:28  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Europe chlorine production for January dropped 0.6% year on year to 917,215 tonnes, industry association Euro Chlor said on Friday.

 

Average daily production in January was 1.3% above December at 29,558 tonnes.

 

Capacity utilisation of chlorine output was estimated at 85.5%, compared with 87.5% during January last year.

 

Euro Chlor said caustic soda stocks at the end of January were at 274,164 tonnes, compared with 299,778 a year earlier.

 

EU 25 + Norway/Switzerland: production and capacity utilisation

Month	Production (tonnes)			Capacity utilisation (%)
	2007	2008	% change	2007	2008 (estimate)
January	923,012	917,215	-0.6	87.5	85.5

Caustic soda stocks (tonnes)

	2007	2008
January	299,778	274,164

By: Mark Watts
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