Japan's caustic soda production in December rose 4.4% from a month earlier to 368,207 mt, the Japan Soda Industry Association said in a statement Friday. From a year earlier, production rose 2%.
In 2017, Japan's caustic soda production rose 3.4% year on year to 3.99 million mt, it said.
Meanwhile, Japan's caustic soda exports rose 2.7% month on month to 63,510 mt in December. From a year earlier, the exports marked a 11.1% decline.
Japan's caustic soda inventory rose 7.3% from a month earlier to 130,983 mt as of end-December. From a year earlier, the inventory fell 5.1%.
