Japan's exports of ethylene and ethylene derivatives in June rose 2.5% from May to 121,800 ethylene equivalent tons, data released Friday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed.
But June exports of ethylene and ethylene derivatives were down 16.5% year on year.
Meanwhile, imports slid to 59,200 EET in June, down 33.9% from May and also down 29.6% year on year.
The table below shows Japan's export and import volumes for low density polyethylene, high density PE, polystyrene, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, polyvinyl chloride, styrene monomer, vinyl chloride monomer, and ethylene.
EXPORT, IMPORT DATA FOR JUNE 2012: Exports Change on Change on * Imports Change on Change on (EET) month (%) year (%) * (EET) month (%) year (%) LDPE 11,142 15.2 0.2 * 29,179 -3.3 -23.6 HDPE 13,857 -27.0 15.1 * 12,346 13.7 25.0 PS 1,465 7.4 12.8 * 1,387 7.3 65.7 ABS 1,504 -15.9 -15.5 * 544 -19.7 12.5 PVC 9,337 -8.6 -41.3 * 858 23.7 -20.9 SM 21,124 -6.0 -11.3 * 0 N/A N/A VCM 13,190 25.4 -68.1 * 0 N/A N/A MEG 39 3.0 -25.9 * 71 -99.4 -99.1 Ethylene 38,966 2.6 14.8 * 3,513 -78.5 -58.6 Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
