MOSCOW (MRC) -- PP output has moved at 465.4 KT over the nine months of the current year, according to the MRC's Monthly Report.
Following the nine months' results the Russian PP producers have increased PP production volumes to 465.4 KT, which was 8% more compared to the same period last year. Increase in output is the result of resumed operations at Stavrolen PP production unit.
At the same time, extremely hot weather and technical problems limited capacity utilization at different production lines in Q2 and Q3. Technical problems and breaks in production have still been observed this month.
The Russian PP market has been demonstrating stable growth dynamics this year. By September, Russian PP producers had already concentrated their efforts on supplies to the domestic market. Lacking volumes were compensated by imports: in September, supply of PP-Homo moved at record 15.9 KT.