This article gives the general pattern and traces the current trends in the development of the world’s and Russia’s polycarbonate (PC) markets.
Despite the lack of domestic PC production in Russia, the polycarbonate market can be referred to as the most dynamically growing polymer market in Russia. In the period from 2000 to 2006, its average annual growth rate was approximately 9%. The consumption of polycarbonate in 2007 went up by 31.4%.
The year 2009 is expected to become a turning point for the PC market in Russia as a new player enters the game. Kazanorgsintez JSC became the first domestic producer to commission a plant for PC manufacturing, as of late September, and already saw the first commercial batches.