With 191,536 tonnes, the December 2021 caustic soda stocks were 3.1% higher than in the previous month (November 2021: 185,862 tonnes), but 16,319 tonnes below the level of December 2020 (207,855 tonnes). The following tables give the details of chlorine production and caustic soda stocks in the EU-27 countries plus Norway, Switzerland, and the UK in December 2021. Chlorine production & capacity utilisation - EU 27 + Norway/Switzerland/UK

Month	Production (tonnes)			Capacity Utilisation (%)
	2020	2021	% change	2020	2021
January	827,979	859,246	+3.8%	84.4%	87.2%
February	797,919	795,121	-0.4%	86.9%	89.4%
March	788,020	805,778	+2.3%	80.3%	81.8%
April	701,496	770,551	+9.8%	73.8%	80.8%
May	725,822	801,080	+10.4%	73.9%	81.3%
June	699,300	805,503	+15.2%	73.6%	84.5%
July	797,487	852,218	+6.9%	81.2%	86.5%
August	768,822	842,456	+7.2%	78.3%	83.7%
September	729,983	733,017	+0.4%	76.8%	76.9%
October	768,498	763,414	-0.7%	78.3%	77.5%
November	781,762	797,149	+2.0%	82.3%	83.6%
December	807,538	826,160	+2.3%	82.3%	83.9%
Total	9,194,627	9,633,694	+4.8%	79.3%	83.1%

 Caustic soda stocks (tonnes)

	2020	2021
January	226,813	233,430
February	241,996	254,122
March	208,427	206,381
April	176,243	206,409
May	209,098	191,318
June	238,230	171,142
July	242,353	191,722
August	262,649	213,080
September	226,865	195,943
October	215,062	176,245
November	221,534	185,862
December	207,855	191,536

For more information please contact: Marleen Pauwels, Executive Director, Euro Chlor,  +32 493 255 607 or mpa@cefic.be  About Euro Chlor Euro Chlor represents 37 full member companies producing chlorine at 62 manufacturing locations in 19 countries. Note to editors: Some of the totals for each month may vary slightly compared with figures used earlier. Please rely on the most recent information since it sometimes happens that we have to estimate when a producer is late in providing data. This is subsequently adjusted when the actual figure becomes available.