Japan's August chems output falls 1.5% from July

30 September 2008 15:45  [Source: ICIS news]

TOKYO (ICIS news)--Japan’s chemical output in August decreased at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.5% compared with the previous month, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) statistics showed on Tuesday.

In actual production terms, ethylene output increased 1.3% to 606,118 tonnes in August from July, and was down 4.9% from the same period a year earlier, METI said.

Propylene production was up 2.6% month on month and down 4.4% year on year to 498,965 tonnes in August 2008, it added.

The ministry’s index of chemical industry output, excluding drugs, was at 96.5 in August, according to METI. The index is based on 100 for the average production in 2005.

Japanese chemical production in August (tonnes).

Product	August 2008	July 2008	% change on month	% change on year
Naphtha*	2,067,096	1,942,959	6.4	7.7
Ethylene	606,118	598,328	1.3	-4.9
Propylene	498,965	486,283	2.6	-4.4
Butadiene	79,618	86,288	-7.7	-7.4
PE	258,601	255,807	1.1	-4.9
PP	243,707	209,564	16.3	-5.2
PVC	144,013	137,619	4.6	-14.6
PS	140,048	142,221	-1.5	-10.7
PC	24,259	24,546	-1.2	-28.6
PET	90,121	92,218	-2.3	-8.3
Benzene	415,772	395,729	5.1	-9.9
Toluene	126,011	121,415	3.8	-8.9
MX	551,589	517,312	6.6	3.1
PX	305,545	297,021	2.9	11.7
SM	243,665	260,790	-6.6	-23.6
PTA	91,154	88,121	3.4	-20.9
ACN	51,765	64,348	-19.6	-15.1
Caprolactam	43,347	44,044	-1.6	-3.4
Phenol	72,697	46,680	55.7	-11.9
Ammonia	123,835	104,791	18.2	3.9
Liquid Chlorine	42,220	43,853	-3.7	-4.6
Carbon black	69,064	72,547	-4.8	-1
TDI	21,677	21,860	-0.8	-1.6
Methacrylates	17,644	20,229	-12.8	-9.4
Synthetic rubbers	140,540	148,847	-5.6	-2.8
Polyamide resins	23,738	25,678	-7.6	3.9

*thousands of litres

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By: Tomomi Yokomura
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