Russia"s PP production in Russia rose to 90,000 tonnes in May, compared with 87,500 tonnes in April. Total PP production in Russia was 410,100 tonnes in January - May 2014, compared with 329,400 tonnes in the same period of 2013.

 

Increased production rates at new plants in Tobolsk and Omsk were the main reason for such a serious production growth. Structure of PP production over the reported period was as follows.

 

Russia"s largest producer of polypropylene - Tobolsk-Polymer (SIBUR) increased production volumes to 23,900 tonnes in May. The company produced 76,200 tonnes of PP in the five months of this year. We informed previously that Tobolsk-Polymer began PP production in late May 2013.

 

The second producer who started production last year - Poliom (Titan Group, Omsk). The producer in May kept the April level of capacity utilisation, and PP production volumes were 15,700 tonnes. Poliom"s PP production over the reported period was about 70,000 tonnes.

 

Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Ufaorgsintez because of the higher capacity utilisation also managed to increase PP production, but not so significantly. May PP production at these plants totalled 18,800 tonnes and 11,100 tonnes, respectively. Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Ufaorgsintez produced 87,800 tonnes (up 2% year on year) and 53,800 tonnes (up 5% year on year) of propylene polymers in the first five months of the year.

 

Neftekhimia (Kapotnja) kept production at the last year"s level. The company produced 9,600 tonnes of PP in May, total PP production over the first five months of this year was 49,200 tonnes. Tomskneftekhim kept the April level of capacity utilisation in May, last month"s PP production was 11,100 tonnes. The company produced about 55,000 tonnes of PP in January - May of the current year, down 5% year on year.