PP imports to Russia grew by 14% in January – August 2016
Sergey Karaichentsev
19-Sep-2016
MOSCOW (MRC)–Total imports of polypropylene (PP)
into Russia increased to 117,500 tonnes in the first eight
months of 2016, up 14% compared to the same period of 2015,
according to MRC DataScope.
Russia’s imports of PP increased in
August, having reached 20,900 tonnes compared with 16,700
tonnes in July. The main increase occurred for the supply of
homopolymer PP raffia grade from Turkmenistan and pipe PP
random copolymers. In general, PP imports into Russia totaled
117,500 tonnes in January-August 2016, compared with 102,600
tonnes year on year.
The lowest increase in supply showed
recorded only in PP random copolymers segment due to a
significant growth of production by Nizhnekamskneftekhim,
Stavrolen and Tomskneftekhim.
August PP imports into the country grew to
10,700 tonnes, compared with 8,400 tonnes in July. Local
companies further increased their supply of homopolymer PP
raffia grade from Turkmenistan. Quite a big volumes of of
Turkmen PP are expected to be imported in September. Total
imports homopolymer PP raffia grade into Russia exceeded
56,000 tonnes in January – August 2016, compared with 45,800
year on year.
August imports of
PP block copolymers in Russia increased to 3,100 tonnes
against 2,200 tonnes in July. Russian companies have
increased their PP purchases for injection moulding products
and PP compositions. Total imports of PP block copolymers
into Russia exceeded 21,000 tonnes in the first eight months
of the year, up 19% year on year.
Imports of PP random copolymers grew to
4,300 tonnes in August against 3,900 tonnes a month earlier,
on the back of low export prices some Russian producers of
pipes for the second month in a row have actively purchased
large volumes of raw materials in Europe. Total imports of PP
random copolymers into Russia increased to 22,400 tonnes in
the first eight months of the year, up 3% year on year.
Imports of other propylene polymers for
the reported period decreased to about 18,000 tonnes compared
with 17,400 tonnes in the same time a year earlier.
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