Belarus Q1 PP imports up by 7.1% year on year

MOSCOW (MRC)–First-quarter imports of polypropylene (PP) into Belarus rose by 7.1% year on year, with homopolymer product accounting for the greatest increase, according to MRC DataScope.

March PP imports were around 8,600 tonnes compared to 8,200 tonnes a month earlier, with  local companies raised their purchasing of propylene copolymer in Russia.

Total PP imports into the country exceeded 24,600 tonnes in January-March, compared with 22,900 tonnes year on year.

Demand for  homopolymer PP increased significantly while that for propylene copolymers grew slightly.

The structure of PP imports by grades looked the following way over the stated period:

March imports of homopolymer PP into the country exceeded 6,000 tonnes, flat on a month earlier.

Overall imports of homopolymer PP reached 17,400 tonnes in the first three months of the year, up by 10.3% year on year. Russian producers with the share of about 86% of the total shipments were the key suppliers.

March imports of propylene copolymers to Belarus were 2,600 tonnes versus 2,200 tonnes a month earlier, with local companies decreasing their procurement of injection moulding statistical copolymers (PP random copolymers) in Russia.

Total imports of propylene copolymers in the country reached 7,200 tonnes in January-March, up 0.3% year on year.

MRC, a partner of ICIS, produces polymers news and pricing reports from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.