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Fast numbers: PE, PP

China's polyethylene production reached 9.86 million tons in 2010, 28.6 percent higher than 2009.
Polypropylene output recorded 9.17 million tons, 13.5 percent up from a year ago.

Imports of PE and PP fell 0.7 percent and 7.1 percent respectively. Exports of PE and PP grew, but the total quantities remain small.

Ethylene output jumped 31.7 percent to 14.19 million tons.

(Source: China's National Development and Reform Commission)

Posted by Nina Ying Sun on February 8, 2011 9:16 AM | Permalink

COMMENTS (4)

PAREKH:

HOW MUCH OF CAPACITY CHINA WILL ADD THIS YEAR IN PP AND PE. WILL THEY BE IN A POSITION TO EXPORT OR THE LOCAL DEMAND WILL CONSUME THE ADDED CAPACITY

Posted by PAREKH | February 9, 2011 12:48 AM

Nina:

There is no significant PE or PP new capacity scheduled to come on stream in 2011. Any modest growth will likely be absorbed by domestic consumption.

Posted by Nina | February 9, 2011 11:13 PM

shoaib munshi:

do u see any regula pe/pp export from china like pvc.if yes who will be manufacturers,can anybody inform name of manufacturers with capacity .

Posted by shoaib munshi | March 31, 2011 4:07 AM

Nina Ying Sun

Hi Shoaib, in my opinion, China is unlikely to start exporting large quantities of PE/PP in the near future. The supply/demand balance for PE/PP is very different from PVC. China imports significant amounts of PE/PP from South Korea, Singapore, the Middle East, India, etc. Main producers are Sinopec and Petro China.

Posted by Nina Ying Sun | April 1, 2011 3:16 PM