Singapore (Platts)--26Feb2013/743 am EST/1243 GMT
China's polypropylene homopolymer imports increased 2.7% month on month in January to 385,957 mt, customs data released on Tuesday showed. PP imports rose 36.5% year on year, the data showed. Imports from Saudi Arabia edged up 3.3% from December to 97,675 mt while imports from South Korea slipped 2.9% month on month to 76,139 mt. South Korea and Saudi Arabia are the country's top two suppliers. China's copolymer imports in January gained 15.8% from December to 137,130 mt, according to the data. This was over double the amount imported a year earlier. Imports from South Korea jumped 56% from December to 38,289 mt while imports from Taiwan climbed 20.1% month on month to 27,093 mt. --Chen Huixin, huixin_chen@platts.com--Edited by Maurice Geller, maurice_gbeller@platts.comjames_leech@platts.com Sign up to Asian Petrochemicalscan today. Asian Petrochemicalscan provides weekly market updates, commentary and assessments ranging from naphtha feedstocks to aromatics, olefins, and polymers in Southeast Asia, Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
China's polypropylene homopolymer imports increased 2.7% month on month in January to 385,957 mt, customs data released on Tuesday showed. PP imports rose 36.5% year on year, the data showed. Imports from Saudi Arabia edged up 3.3% from December to 97,675 mt while imports from South Korea slipped 2.9% month on month to 76,139 mt. South Korea and Saudi Arabia are the country's top two suppliers. China's copolymer imports in January gained 15.8% from December to 137,130 mt, according to the data. This was over double the amount imported a year earlier. Imports from South Korea jumped 56% from December to 38,289 mt while imports from Taiwan climbed 20.1% month on month to 27,093 mt. --Chen Huixin, huixin_chen@platts.com--Edited by Maurice Geller, maurice_gbeller@platts.comjames_leech@platts.com
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