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WP Report Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) This World Petrochemical (WP) report on VCM contains complete global and country supply/demand balances for the base year, the past five years and five and ten year projections. The complete report including the analyses and supply/demand tables contains approximately 190 pages.  There is also a table showing all global producers, their locations, and capacities (current, historical and future) to produce VCM as well as capacities for derivative products. Published January 2008                                                      WP Home   |    View Report      |     Purchase    |    View Sample Report  Abstract Global production and consumption of VCM in 2007 was almost 36 million metric tons.  Global capacity utilization was 88% in 2007; this was a slight decline from 2006 due to a larger increase in capacity than consumption.  Global VCM consumption is estimated to have increased by 2.8% in 2007, and is expected to increase by 3.9% per year from 2007 to 2012, declining to 2.8% per year from 2012 to 2017.  Average global utilization rates are expected to increase gradually to the low-90s range by the end of the forecast period. Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) accounted for over 99% of global VCM consumption in 2007.  Another small use for VCM is as a copolymer with other monomers such as vinyl acetate; these polymers are mainly used in surface coatings.

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