據安迅思孟買7月17日消息，由于疫情大流行導致全國范圍的封鎖，印度塑料行業在本財年（2020年4月至2021年3月）第一季度銷售量暴跌超過50%后，預計需求將出現復蘇。

信實工業公司(Reliance Industries Ltd)戰略發展總裁卡馬爾·納納瓦蒂(Kamal Nanavaty)表示：“本財年一季度印度聚合物行業的三大支柱——聚乙烯(PE)、聚丙烯(PP)和聚氯乙烯(PVC)的銷售量同比分別下降了54%、52%和54%。”

據納納瓦蒂在一個行業網絡會議上分享的數據顯示，本財年一季度公司的PE銷售量從17.1萬噸降至7.9萬噸，PP從18.5萬噸降至8.9萬噸，PVC則從12.3萬噸降至5.6萬噸。

張春曉 摘譯自 ICIS

原文如下：

India Q1 polymer demand drops 50%

India's plastics industry expects to see resurgence in demand after first quarter sales crashed over 50% due to coronavirus pandemic induced countrywide lockdown.

“First quarter sales of the three pillars of the polymer industry – polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) – dropped 54%, 52% and 54% respectively year on year,” said Kamal Nanavaty strategy development president at Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).

First quarter sales of PE dropped to 79,000 tonnes from 171,000 tonnes while PP fell to 89,000 tonnes from 185,000 tonnes and PVC showed sales fall to 56000 tonnes from 123,000 tonnes, according to data shared by Nanavaty at an industry webinar.