MOSCOW (MRC) -- Imports of general purpose polystyrene (GPPS) into the Russian domestic market decreased from January to November 2015 by 36% year on year and totalled 18,200 tonnes, according to MRC DataScope report.
Local companies reduced import purchasing because of the increased consumption of Russian polystyrene (PS). All consumption sectors accounted for the decrease in shipments of foreign GPPS producers.
Demand for imported GPPS slumped by 41% in the packaging sector and was 6,300 tonnes over the first eleven months of the year. Demand for imported GPPS in the electrical engineering sector subsided by 33% and also totalled 6,300 tonnes.
The fall in imports of GPPS which is used in the construction sector was 29%. The overall imports of GPPS for the production of thermal insulation materials and other products of the construction industry were 5,000 tonnes.
Iranian GPPS suppliers have almost left the market. Import of Tabriz Petrochemical Company was almost absent. Styrolution remained the main supplier of imported GPPS. Styrolution's shipments to Russia dropped by 19% from January to November 2015 to just over 14,000 tonnes.
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