PVC imports to Belarus rise 37% January-October
Sergey Karaichentsev
20-Dec-2017
MOSCOW (MRC)–Overall imports of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into Belarus grew in January-October 2017 by 37% year on year, totalling 28,500 tonnes, according to MRC’s DataScope report.
According to the
statistical committee of the Republic of
Belarus, local converters further reduced their
purchasing of PVC in October, with total
imports at about 3,000 tonnes, compared to
3,200 tonnes a month earlier. PVC imports rose
in the first ten months of 2017 to 28,500
tonnes from 20,800 tonnes in January-October
2016, with local windows producers accounting
for the main increase in demand.
Russian producers were the key suppliers of resin to Belarus. They accounted for about 83% of the Belarusian market in January-October 2017. Producers from Germany with the share of about 13% were the second largest suppliers.
MRC, a partner of ICIS, produces polymers news and pricing reports from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
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