Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) Prices, News, Database, Demand and Supply

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Market Overview Asia   In Q3 2020, the demand
for VCM edged up with strong PVC demand which
witnessed a sharp uptick as most of the countries
announced a gradual lift in restrictions over the
construction activities imposed during Q1 and Q2.
India and other South Asian countries started
importing and manufacturing VCM to meet the
growing demand of PVC resin from the downstream
construction and manufacturing sectors. CFR India
offers were raised to around USD 870 per tonne,
tracing an expected uptrend. Japanese demand for
the VCM rose to the years high in July driven by
high volume exports. A leading Japanese PVC
producer Shin-etsu Chemical registered strong
demand from the US and Canada, buoyed by higher
usage of building material for home
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yst.com/Pricing-data/vinyl-chloride-monomer-69   E
urope   The European VCM market in Q3 witnessed
tightness due to planned and unplanned outages
creating potential shortage in the product
supply. VCM production site of INOVYN at Rafnes,
Norway was taken off-stream due to technical
issues prevailing in the plants operations.
Supply tightness was heightened by the immediate
shutdown of the reactor of Spolanas Elbe
Neratovice plant. Increased demand for PVC
brisked the trading activity across European
ports. The regions VCM consumption witnessed a
double-digit decline in Q2 because of the
coronavirus-related lockdowns. However,
sentiments were upbeat moving into Q3 buoyed by
pick up in the construction sector.  
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North America   The supply of VCM remained snug
throughout Q3 because of power outages heard
across the production units, forcing
manufacturers to stop on-site production.
Hurricane Laura forced shut down of the Westlake
chemicals pair of VCM plants with a cumulative
capacity of 952.5 KTPA since Aug. 27, thereby
impending a huge drop in the regions production
levels. The availability of VCM for export was
restricted despite a substantial rise in the
global demand for PVC. Supply tightness and
robust demand pushed up the VCM pricing curve
which reported new hikes during the third
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• Methodology
• ChemAnalyst gathers information through primary
  research surveys conducted with various Vinyl
  Chloride Monomer manufacturers, spread across
  the domestic and international markets, suppliers
  and dealers/distributors to gain insights
  into value-chains and demand-supply scenario to
  assess the market situation. Thorough study of
  the companys annual reports and secondary
  sources such as exhaustive search on credible
  paid databases, including our internal database
  is done to verify the information. All the
  collected information is analyzed, evaluated and
  presented in chronological order to depict a
  meaningful and clear picture of the concerned
  market.
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• Our dedicated team of industry experts
  comprehensively monitors and analyzes various
  aspects of the Global Vinyl Chloride Monomer
  market. The team analyzes various industrial
  segments, strategic viewpoints and provides an
  analysis of the industrys performance in the
  long run. This would enable our clients in
  efficiently plan their future investments,
  mitigate risk, understand the cost dynamics and
  strike out a balance amidst market volatility.
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• Critical examination of the impact of COVID-19
  pandemic on the global supply chains and shift in
  demand patterns with change in buying behavior of
  consumers across the globe.
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• Several ongoing development projects across
  industries are tracked, followed by the details
  of major projects in the development stage, which
  can positively or negatively influence Global
  Vinyl Chloride Monomer market.
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• Pricing is captured through exhaustive primary
  interviews with domestic and international
  manufacturers, traders and importers and
  customers on monthly and yearly basis.
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• Finally, region-specific markets for Vinyl
  Chloride Monomer are analyzed and region-wise
  demand pattern is tracked.

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About Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) is one of the
majorly used commodity chemicals with the formula
CH2CHCl. VCM, being a gas needs to be
transported in liquified state under high
pressure. It is high toxic, flammable and
carcinogenic in nature. It is exclusively used in
the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which
is majorly used in the construction industries.
Therefore, the demand of VCM is strongly linked
to the regions PVC consumption, which directly
links with the regions economic development.
China is the largest manufacturers of VCM with
around 40 percent of global capacity followed by
the United States. As VCM majorly used in the
manufacturing of poly vinyl chloride. VCM is
generally produced by the reaction of ethylene
and chlorine to produce Ethylene Dichloride
(EDC). The EDC thus product is made to undergo
thermal cracking to form VCM. VCM is generally
produced via two process, first by the direct
reaction of chlorine with ethylene and second, by
oxychlorination in which ethylene reacts with
chlorine in the presence of hydrogen chloride.