MOSCOW (MRC) -- Overall production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) reached 632,500 tonnes in the first seven months of 2020, which in fact corresponded to the last year's figure. Two producers managed to increase their PVC output, according to MRC's ScanPlast report.
August production of unmixed PVC grew to 75,500 tonnes from 47,700 tonnes a month earlier, a month earlier, the low figures in July were due to the planned shutdown at SayanskKhimPlast and RusVinyl. Overall output of polymer were 632?500 tonnes in the first eight months of 2020 from 631,100 tonnes a year earlier, only two producers increased their production volumes, and cut RusVinyl PVC production.
The structure of PVC production by plants looked the following way over the stated period.
RusVinyl (JV of SIBUR and SolVin) produced about 26,100 tonnes of PVC in August, with emulsion polyvinyl chloride (EPVC) accounting for 2,000 tonnes, compared to 19,200 tonnes a month earlier. RusVinyl shut its PVC production capacities for a scheduled maintenance works on 14 July. RusVinyl's overall SPVC output reached 216,100 tonnes in the first eught months of 2020, compared to 226,400 tonnes a year earlier.
SayanskKhimPlast produced less than 20,500 tonnes of suspension PVC (SPVC) in August, whereas this figure was about 4,000 tonnes in July.
SayanskKhimPlast shut its PVC production capacities for a scheduled maintenance works on 8 July. The Sayansk plant managed to produce about 184,900 tonnes of PVC in January-August, compared to 184,900 tonnes a year earlier.
Bashkir Soda Company (BSK) reduced the capacity utilisation in August, the final production figure exceeded 21,800 tonnes against 23,600 tonnes a month earlier. The Baskhir plant's overall production of PVC reached 176,100 tonnes in January-August 2020, up 4% year on year.
Kaustik Volgograd' PVC production was 7,100 tonnes in August versus 7,200 tonnes in July. The plant's overall production of PVC exceeded 50,800 tonnes in the first eight months of 2020 versus 50,700 tonnes a year earlier.
MRC