MOSCOW (MRC) - Total production of low density polyethylene (LDPE) in Belarus decreased to 124,000 tonnes in the first eleven months of the year up 1.6% year on year, according to MRC DataScope report.

 

According to the National Statistics Committee of Belarus, a local polyethylene producer - Polymir increased production of polyethylene to 12,000 tonnes in November, compared with 7,600 tonnes in October. Such a low production volumes in October resulted from the shutdown for the turnaround. 

 

Total LDPE production in Belarus were about 124,000 tonnes in January - November 2014 compared with 126,000 tonnes in the same time a year earlier.

 

Polymir was founded in 1968 in Novopolotsk. The company used technologies of the largest foreign companies from Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Italy (Courtaulds, Asahi Chemical Co. Ltd, Kanematsu Gosho, SNIA BPD et al.), as well as the development of scientific research institutes and design institutes of the CIS countries. The producer"s annual LDPE production capacity is 130,000 tonnes.