Russia polyethylene imports fell 14%

According to the Russian and world market research of polyethylene and polypropylene, polyethylene 2013 Russian imports decreased by 14%, the data of the Russian Federal Customs Authority has proved this point. For the period 2010-2012, and this is in stark contrast to the strong growth in imports of Russian polyethylene.

Analysts estimate that in 2013 the proportion of imports of polyethylene polyethylene market and 34% of the Russian total.

In the import structure, whether it is expressed in kind, or in the form of value that the dominant other polyethylene, which accounted for more than 45% share of total imports of ethylene polymers. Linear polyethylene imports about 21% of the proportion.

It should be noted that, for many years Korea has been a major supplier of polyethylene products in Russia, which accounted for 17% of Russia’s share of total imports, followed by Saudi Arabia ranked Belarus third.

Supply to the Russian market of the three largest manufacturers of polyethylene for BOREALIS, SABIC and THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY. Among them, the proportion of BOREALIS supply companies accounted for 16% of Russia’s total imports of polyethylene.
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