PVC imports to Belarus increase 39% in Jan-Nov 2020

MOSCOW (MRC)–Overall imports of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into Belarus totaled 49,200 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2020, up by 39% year on year, according to MRC’s DataScope report.

According to the statistics committee of the Republic of Belarus, local converters reduced their purchases of PVC in November 2020 on the back of a seasonal decrease in demand for finished products.

Total imports were 4,600 tonnes, whereas this figure was 5,800 tonnes a month earlier. Russian resin accounted for the main decrease in procurement.

Imports of unmixed PVC reached 49,200 tonnes in January-November 2020, compared to 35,400 tonnes a year earlier.

Russian producers with the share of about 85% of the Belarusian market were the key suppliers of resin to Belarus over the stated period. Producers from Germany and Ukraine with the share of approximately 8% and 4%, respectively, were the second and third largest suppliers.

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