Butyl rubber imports and exports

As the butyl rubber production capacity and production can not meet the actual needs of production and therefore had to import every year, and imports continue to increase. Butyl rubber in 1998 total imports only 26,900 tons in 2003 to 83,500 tons, I: t2002-year growth of 50.7 percent in 2003, the total imports, the ordinary butyl rubber imports for 43,000 tons, up 36.5 percent; halogenated butyl rubber imports to 40,500 tons, up 69.0 percent. One common form of primary butyl rubber imports to 35,200 tons, up 49.8 percent; primary form of halogenated butyl rubber imports to 26,900 tons, up 72.4 percent. In the first half of 2004 butyl rubber imports 44,300 tons, up 8.3 percent. Among the primary form of butyl rubber imports to 10,800 tons, the primary form of halogenated butyl rubber imports to 16,500 tons. Import
At the same time, some butyl rubber exports, exports in 2001 amounted to 3099 tons in 2002, exports amounted to 10,000 tons in 2003, exports amounted to 10,000 tons, in the first half of 2004, exports to 6,000 tons, an increase of 26.
6%.
From the source of imports, the primary form of ordinary butyl rubber, mainly from Russia, Canada and Japan, in 2003 China's imports from 3 countries the primary form of ordinary butyl rubber total 26,900
Tons, accounting for the primary form of ordinary butyl rubber of the total imports of 76.4 percent.