MOSCOW (MRC) -- The main polycarbonate (PC) suppliers to the Ukrainian market rolled over their January export prices from last year, according to MRC Price Report.

 

Importers said that Sabic Innovative Plastics and Bayer, the main PC suppliers to the Ukrainian market, had maintained their export prices unchanged from last year, despite lower prices in feedstocks chain. Domestic prices have been still growing because of the devaluation of the national currency. Most converters were trying to receive trade credit. However, not all traders were ready to ship PC under such conditions. The average delay of payment acceptable to the Ukrainian market is 30 calendar days at the moment. But some sellers still insisted on prepayment.

 

Despite this, market players expect consumption to remain at the last year"s level in all processing sectors. Shipments of injection moulding products to foreign markets are also unlikely to drop. This is particularly true for the Russian market, where injection moulding products from Ukraine are more competitive at the moment compared with the domestic ones because of lower net costs.