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Production Capacity for Major Petrochemicals
(As of December, 2021)
  (in thousand tons per year)
Product Capacity
Ethylene 6,162
Benzene 5,022
Toluene 2,085
Xylene 8,289
Para-xylene 3,271
Low-density Polyethylene   *1 2,141
High-density Polyethylene 1,097
Polypropylene 2,733
Polystyrene   *2 863
Polyvinyl Chloride 1,771
Ethylene Oxide 921
Acrylonitrile 517
Caprolactam 385
Synthetic Rubbers SBR 607
BR 294
Styrene Monomer 1,949
Vinyl Chloride Monomer 2,820
Acetaldehyde 177
methyl methacrylate 547
*1 Includes L-LDPE, EVA
*2 GP-HI