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Production Capacity for Major Petrochemicals
(As of December, 2024)
  (in thousand tons per year)
Product Capacity
Ethylene 6,162
Benzene 4,713
Toluene 1,841
Xylene 6,450
Para-xylene 3,387
Low-density Polyethylene   *1 2,129
High-density Polyethylene 1,082
Polypropylene 2,739
Polystyrene   *2 863
Polyvinyl Chloride 1,771
Ethylene Oxide 806
Acrylonitrile 399
Synthetic Rubbers SBR 514
BR 292
Vinyl Chloride Monomer 2,820
Styrene Monomer 1,614
Acetaldehyde 177
methyl methacrylate 440
*1 Includes L-LDPE, EVA
*2 GP-HI