S Korea’s exports of benzene surges by 66% in July – KITA
Nurluqman Suratman
27-Aug-2014
SINGAPORE (ICIS)–South Korea’s exports of benzene surged by 66% year on year to 169,453 tonnes in July this year, while other aromatics shipments abroad were mixed, industry data showed on Wednesday.
The country’s exports of toluene fell by 66% year on year to 30,341 tonnes in July (please see table below), while shipments of paraxylene (PX) was up by 10% at 317,559 tonnes, according to the Korea International Trade Association (KITA).
Exports of mixed xylenes fell by 34% year on year to 24,257
tonnes while shipments of purified terephthalic acid (PTA)
was down 19% at 217,707 tonnes.
|
AROMATICS CHAIN – EXPORTS (in metric tonnes) | ||||
|
PRODUCT |
Jul-14 |
Jul-13 |
YoY Difference |
% Change YoY |
|
Benzene |
169,453 |
101,880 |
67,573 |
66 |
|
Toluene |
30,341 |
89,159 |
-58,818 |
-66 |
|
Paraxylene |
317,559 |
288,751 |
28,808 |
10 |
|
PET |
56,844 |
68,188 |
-11,344 |
-17 |
|
Mixed Xylene Isomers |
24,257 |
36,606 |
-12,349 |
-34 |
|
PTA |
217,707 |
269,302 |
-51,595 |
-19 |
|
Orthoxylene |
2,001 |
5,903 |
-3,902 |
-66 |
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