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Ethylene Production  (in 1,000MT)
Year Production
1958 14
'59 44
'60 78
'61 107
'62 232
'63 346
'64 505
'65 777
'66 1,065
'67 1,368
'68 1,793
'69 2,400
'70 3,097
'71 3,537
'72 3,851
'73 4,171
'74 4,176
'75 3,399
'76 3,803
'77 3,979
'78 4,387
'79 4,784
'80 4,175
'81 3,655
'82 3,590
'83 3,688
'84 4,386
'85 4,227
'86 4,291
'87 4,585
'88 5,057
'89 5,603
'90 5,810
'91 6,142
'92 6,103
'93 5,773
'94 6,125
'95 6,944
'96 7,138
'97 7,416
'98 7,076
'99 7,687
'00 7,614
'01 7,361
'02 7,152
'03 7,367
'04 7,570
'05 7,618
'06 7,522
'07 7,739
'08 6,882
'09 6,913
'10 7,018



*1 　1973 　First Oil Crisis
*2 　1979 　Second Oil Crisis
*3 　1990 　Iraqi Invasion into Kuwait