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Imports for Major Petrochemicals   (in MT)
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Low-density Polyethylene 152,978 181,541 205,338 200,531 197,007 261,037 177,237 245,565 339,338 330,130 315,391 352,741 266,695 292,594 313,816 378,972 358,979 316,879 323,091 363,753 328,661
High-density Polyethylene 25,306 15,080 29,056 16,104 10,834 27,467 30,423 47,825 97,909 129,180 121,823 162,127 129,304 147,512 197,233 206,004 209,798 176,246 176,226 198,597 177,110
Polypropylene 152,014 115,572 124,546 99,863 110,342 194,211 115,225 145,892 197,213 308,229 250,742 267,456 198,255 221,019 273,915 480,906 331,755 278,821 327,969 458,519 425,607
Polystyrene 6,547 5,883 9,618 10,034 2,740 7,193 12,938 20,770 33,686 52,524 26,339 20,409 15,338 8,537 5,097 3,443 3,837 6,381 1,663 4,428 13,242
Polyvinyl Chloride 5,376 3,767 7,435 10,555 7,359 8,872 10,760 5,659 30,707 20,225 7,540 6,528 5,050 4,494 4,370 4,602 4,642 4,951 3,027 2,304 3,692
Styrene Monomer 17,428 11,975 12,420 11,865 9,768 2,995 2,815 54 219 - 30 49 66 2,087 - 12,353 - 2,866 - 2,996 0
Ethylene Dichloride 256,099 184,775 152,684 318,409 221,010 43,461 232,873 215,895 140,182 127,299 258,019 229,233 283,853 259,249 333,027 238,711 192,114 132,409 107,103 68,748 80,710
Ethylene Glycol 59,902 35,750 20,909 24,513 18,077 19,809 2,083 9,277 47,139 26,080 5,410 6,743 3,909 5,737 3,950 5,638 3,909 4,230 4,535 6,189 9,057
Acrylonitrile 56,107 62,475 44,144 40,891 36,893 37,428 4,762 6,754 6,753 4,028 8,464 9,280 18,706 25,287 17,278 16,627 9,600 16,821 8,043 11,886 8,571
Butanol 26,829 25,705 14,451 3,562 2,841 3,375 4,152 1,030 10,959 4,683 2,468 1,061 5,393 5,240 10,969 1,218 586 534 3,813 10,825 2,685
Benzene 149,148 218,628 247,812 339,384 269,427 162,254 271,462 90,029 133,501 149,239 173,036 178,203 358,885 134,313 172,300 142,576 168,282 72,777 130,825 72,758 19,807
Toluene 82,701 168,309 76,368 16,626 93,859 76,941 105,083 32,422 67,873 58,599 25,577 24,763 15,627 21,850 30,884 29,885 25,064 13,138 15,065 19,218 5,009
Mixed Xylene 121,583 106,404 110,589 41,566 7,927 3 1 1 40,544 56,036 53,515 1 2,854 - 3 2 1 1 1 1 2
Para-xylene 3,014 - - - - - - 9,925 14,844 - - 48,598 63,881 54,288 50,381 44,013 54,497 40,850 48,157 38,519 9,617
Phenol 27,391 954 71,886 118,430 89,498 101,955 25,960 42,282 32,444 16,933 13,655 38,009 34,871 72,879 53,928 135,489 89,777 104,071 88,890 86,369 3,010
Ethylene 89,771 75,964 88,959 103,991 55,489 142,445 41,756 60,344 41,942 26,872 3,204 11,803 6,902 140,940 131,763 105,498 71,364 89,057 79,806 119,910 40,844
Propylene 27,102 37,306 30,336 9,209 6,917 85,462 21,067 21,508 5,119 43,441 16 10,363 12,267 110,527 153,945 165,285 47,181 40,222 111,759 152,211 48,035
Butadiene 12,890 22,779 14,695 35,431 26,693 55,263 9,432 30,212 22,667 65,482 37,700 32,146 39,253 54,353 62,108 79,343 29,977 11,363 49,200 79,715 23,438
Synthetic Rubbers 175,044 159,267 179,758 180,497 194,081 211,257 138,369 172,288 200,925 180,540 157,902 168,466 166,056 156,050 150,585 153,870 157,820 135,518 166,545 162,698 130,727