Russia PP imports rise 17% in January-September

MOSCOW (MRC)–Russia’s imports of polypropylene (PP) increased 17% year on year to 144,600 tonnes in the first nine months of 2018, with imports of all grades increasing, according to a MRC’s DataScope report.

Overall imports of homopolymer PP grade reached 51,600 tonnes in the first nine months of 2018, compared to 40,800 a year earlier.

Imports of PP block copolymers into Russia rose to 35,900 tonnes in the first nine months of 2018, compared to 32,600 tonnes a year earlier.

Total imports of PP random copolymers in Russia were 27,100 tonnes in January-September 2018, compared with 23,000 tonnes in the same period a year earlier.

Imports of other propylene polymers for the period increased to about 30,100 tonnes, compared with 27,400 tonnes in the same time a year earlier.

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