DATE : 2017-07-13
US acrylic acid imports nearly evaporated in May, compared with the same month of 2016, according to the most recent data from the US International Trade Commission (ITC).
The exponential decline stemmed mostly from the absence of May imports from Brazil and only 30 tonnes of acrylic acid from Belgium, countries that shipped more than 12,000 tonnes of acrylic acid to the US in May of 2016.
May imports saw a similarly significant drop from April, due primarily to fewer or no shipments from China, Germany, Brazil and Malaysia.
On the export front, May volumes increased by 82% from the same month last year. Fractionally smaller May export volumes were shipped mostly to Thailand, Brazil and Mexico.
Source Icis News