MOSCOW (MRC) - Imports of polycarbonate (PC) in Ukraine increased to 1,100 tonnes, up 4% compared with the same time in 2013, according to a MRC DataScope report.
Market players said despite the stagnation of the economy in Ukraine because of the political crisis and the devaluation of the national currency, business activity in the PC market remains almost the same as last year, and in some areas it even improved. Ukraine's consumption of blow moulding PC was 200 tonnes in January - April, up 5% year on year.
Company Tagol (Dnepropetrovsk) and Graif Ukraine (Kiev) produce bottles. Consumption of injection moulding PC over the reporting period increased by 12% to 600 tonnes.
One of the largest converters in this sector was Ukrainian company Eugene (Cherkasy). Extrusion moulding sector declined to 65 tonnes in January-April 2014, down 41% year on year.
Ukraine did not import PC in the first quarter of 2014 because of the sluggish demand for finished PC products. The only producer of cellular and solid PC sheets in Ukraine remains company Tagol (Dnipropetrovsk).
Injection moulding sector is the most developed in Ukraine and takes up almost half of the Ukrainian market. Injection moulding PC are used to produce automobile headlights, lampshades for streetlights, buildings for different lighting, separators for milk caps for electricity and water meters, small automotive components.
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