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December 2014 Chlorine Production

03/02/2015

With 26,044 tonnes, the December average daily production was 1.7% above the level of the previous month (November 2014: 25,601 tonnes) and 1.3% higher than in December 2013 (25,715 tonnes).

With 249,515 tonnes, the December caustic soda stocks were 0.1% lower than in the previous

month (November 2014: 249,718 tonnes), and 36,308 tonnes below the level of December 2013 (285,823 tonnes).

Details of chlorine production and caustic soda stocks in the EU-28 countries plus Norway

and Switzerland in December 2014 are provided in the following tables.

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

Month	Production (tonnes)			Capacity Utilisation (%)
	2013	2014	% change	2013	2014
January	824,396	819,962	-0.5	76.8	77.6
February	758,118	789,892	+4.2	78.2	82.8
March	809,409	821,298	+1.5	75.4	77.7
April	703,339	804,747	+14.4	67.7	78.7
May	803,796	824,119	+2.5	74.8	78
June	787,053	752,632	-4.4	75.7	73.6
July	833,471	837,195	+0.4	77.6	79.2
August	784,061	798,356	+1.8	73.0	75.5
September	757,742	803,433	+6.0	72.9	78.6
October	792,025	780,793	-1.4	73.7	73.9
November	804,908	768,027	-4.6	77.4	75.1
December	797,167	807,363	+1.3	74.2	76.4

Caustic soda stocks (tonnes)

	2013	2014
January	227,866	270,079
February	242,267	295,507
March	260,204	284,989
April	239,891	284,036
May	266,699	279,330
June	258,578	249,010
July	247,270	244,163
August	262,451	253,117
September	264,005	248,129
October	250,183	226,832
November	260,534	249,718
December	285,823	249,515

Further information:

Alistair J Steel, Executive Director, tel: +32 2 676 73 50

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 66 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.

December 2014 Chlorine Production

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

Caustic soda stocks (tonnes)

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