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China's ethylene production improves greatly

31 Jan '12
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There has been a remarkable improvement in China's ethylene production with three leading petrochemical firms expanding their ethylene projects, in order to equip themselves to meet the ever-growing demand for ethylene in domestic market.

In 2012, China's demand for ethylene is expected to touch 35 million tons and Chinese ethylene industry is poised to enter a “big ethylene” era.

With vast improvement in China's ethylene production capacity, domestic production is able to meet 70 percent of local demand. However, domestic production is still a long way from attaining self-sufficiency.

Fibre2fashion News Desk - China

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