January-October PE imports to Ukraine down by 2% year on year

Sergey Karaichentsev

23-Nov-2018

MOSCOW (MRC)–Imports of polyethylene (PE) into the Ukrainian market dropped in the first 10 months by 2% year on year, according to MRC’s DataScope report.

October PE imports to Ukraine rose to 21,100 tonnes from 16,500 tonnes in September with HDPE accounting for the main increase in purchases.

Overall PE imports reached 200,200 tonnes in January-October compared to 204,500 tonnes a year earlier.

Imports of HDPE and EVA decreased, whereas demand for other ethylene polymers increased noticeably.

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

HDPE imports grew to 8,200 tonnes from 4,900 in September, with all PE grades accounting for the increase in shipments.

Overall HDPE imports reached 63,100 tonnes in the first 10 months of 2018, compared to 81,500 tonnes a year earlier.

Film grade HDPE accounted for the greatest reduction in imports (about 56%), which was caused by the resumption of the local production.

October imports of low density polyethylene (LDPE) rose to 5,600 tonnes from 4,500 tonnes a month earlier as local companies increased LDPE purchases in Russia.

Overall LDPE imports reached 62,600 tonnes over the stated period, up by 13% year on year.

Last month’s imports of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) were 6,200 tonnes versus 5,800 tonnes in September, with local producers of film products raising their purchasing.

Overall LLDPE imports grew to 61,600 tonnes in January-October 2018 versus 54,300 tonnes a year earlier. Local film producers accounted for the main increase in imports.

Imports of other PE grades, including EVA, totalled 12,700 tonnes over the stated period, compared to 13,200 tonnes a year earlier.

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

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