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At the end of last year, the total volume of imports of polypropylene (PP) to the Ukrainian market amounted to about 132.4 thousand tons, which is 8% more than in 2017. Demand for all types of polymers of propylene increased, according to a survey by Market Report of DataScope.<\/p>\n
In December, the volume of imports of PP in Ukraine decreased to 9.6 thousand tons against 11.6 thousand tons a month earlier, the main decrease in deliveries fell on propylene homopolymer (PP-homo). In general, for the whole of 2018, the total volume of imports of propylene polymers reached 132.4 thousand tons against 123.1 thousand tons a year earlier. All types of propylene polymers grew in demand, with the strongest increase being in the stat propylene copolymer (PP-random).<\/p>\n
The structure of deliveries by types of PP for the period under review is as follows.<\/p>\n
In December, foreign supplies of propylene homopolymers to the Ukrainian market declined to 7.4 thousand tons, compared to 9 thousand tons a month earlier, local companies reduced the volume of purchases of PP-homo raffia varieties in Saudi Arabia. Last year, total deliveries of PP-homo reached 100.6 thousand tons against 94.3 thousand tons a year earlier.<\/p>\n
Last month, the indicator of external supplies of propylene block copolymers (PP-block) amounted to 1.2 thousand tons against 1.1 thousand tons in November. On the part of local companies, there has been a slight increase in demand for molten copolymers of propylene. During the period under review, 13.3 thousand tons of PP-block were imported, whereas a year earlier the figure was 12.9 thousand tons.<\/p>\n
In December, the import of stat-copolymers of propylene did not exceed the level of 0.8 thousand tons against 1.3 thousand tons a month earlier, the demand for PP from the manufacturers of pipes and molded products decreased. At the end of 2018, the total volume of imports of PP-Random exceeded the level of 16 thousand tons, whereas a year earlier this figure was 13.8 thousand tons.<\/p>\n
The total supply of other propylene copolymers for the period under review amounted to 2.4 thousand tons.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At the end of last year, the total volume of imports of polypropylene (PP) to the Ukrainian market amounted to about 132.4 thousand tons, which is 8% more than in 2017. Demand for all types of polymers of propylene increased, according to a survey by Market Report of DataScope. In December, the volume of imports […]<\/p>\n