December 2015 Chlorine Production

04 Feb 2016

With 26,034 tonnes, the December average daily production was 0.01% below the level of the previous month (November 2015: 26,036 tonnes), and 0.04% lower than in December 2014 (26,044 tonnes).

With 238,440 tonnes, the December caustic soda stocks were 1% lower than in the previous month (November 2015: 240,799 tonnes), and 11,075 tonnes below the level of December 2014

(249,515 tonnes).

Details of chlorine production and caustic soda stocks in the EU-28 countries plus Norway and Switzerland in December 2015 are provided in the following tables.

Chlorine production & capacity utilisation - EU 28 + Norway/Switzerland 

Month	Production (tonnes)			Capacity Utilisation (%)
	2014	2015	% change	2014	2015
January	819,962	816,474	-0.4	77.6	80.0
February	789,892	772,421	-2.2	82.8	83.8
March	821,298	822,012	+0.1	77.7	80.6
April	804,747	741,181	-7.9	78.7	75.1
May	824,119	819,689	-0.5	78.0	80.3
June	752,632	805,807	+7.1	73.6	81.6
July	837,264	827,819	-1.1	79.2	81.1
August	798,356	820,153	+2.7	75.5	80.4
September	803,433	786,307	-2.1	78.6	79.6
October	780,793	769,144	-1.5	73.9	75.4
November	768,027	781,094	+1.7	75.1	79.1
December	807,363	807,055	-.004	76.4	79.1

Caustic soda stocks (tonnes)

	2014	2015
January	266,079	251,021
February	291,507	261,708
March	284,989	265,830
April	284,036	265,515
May	279,330	247,648
June	249,010	234,314
July	244,163	241,998
August	253,117	245,216
September	248,129	241,989
October	226,832	228,537
November	249,718	240,799
December	249,515	238,440

Further information:
Dolf van Wijk, Executive Director, tel: +32 2 676 73 70

Footnote 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 estimates have to be made when data is supplied late by a producer. This is subsequently adjusted when the actual figure becomes available.

Euro Chlor is a Brussels-based business association representing chlor-alkali producers in the EU and EFTA regions employing about 39,000 people at 64 manufacturing locations. Almost 2,000,000 jobs in Europe are directly or indirectly related to chlorine and its co-product caustic soda (sodium hydroxide). These two key chemical building blocks underpin 55% of European chemical industry turnover.