Russia PVC production up by 3% in January-October

MOSCOW (MRC)–Russia’s overall production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) reached 809,000 tonnes in the first ten months of 2019, up by 3% year on year, according to MRC’s ScanPlast report.

October total production of unmixed PVC was about 88,500 tonnes versus 89,400 tonnes a month earlier.

RusVinyl produced about 29,500 tonnes of PVC in October, with emulsion polyvinyl chloride (EPVC) accounting for 2,500 tonnes, compared to 30,700 tonnes a month earlier, while SayanskKhimPlast production fell slightly to 27,800 tonnes of suspension PVC (SPVC).

Baskhir Soda Company produced 23,800 tonnes of SPVC in October versus 23,200 tonnes a month earlier, while Kaustik produced about 7,400 tonnes of SPVC  compared with 7,500 tonnes in September.