Latin America’s polyvinyl chloride tradeA summary of the polyvinyl chloride trade in Latin America utilizing our Maritime & Trade Intelligence from IHS Markit.

% share of all Latin America imports and exports by volume

Top Latin America Exporters & Importers (1st half of 2018)

Top Exporters#1 Mexico 182,618 T (50.3%)#2 Colombia 157,428 T (43.4%)#3 Brazil 11,138 T (3.1%)#4 Argentina 11,109 T (3.1%)#5 Peru 601 T (0.2%)

Top Importers#1 Brazil 161,450 T (26.7%)#2 Mexico 146,395 T (24.2%)#3 Peru 73,591 T (12.2%)#4 Ecuador 43,228 T (7.1%)#5 Chile 39,895 T (6.6%)

Top Latin America exporting companies

Top Latin America importing companies

#1 Mexichem Resinas#2 Braskem SA#3 Iacnamexicoiisderldecv#4 Solvay Indupa do Brasil S.A.#5 United World Line Do Brasil Operadora

Multimodal Ltda

#1 Plastics Technology de México S. de R.L. de C.V.#2 Mexichem Soluciones Integrales S.A. De C.V.#3 Empresa Mexicana de Manufacturas S.A. de C.V.#4 Mexchem Trading Comercio Importacao &

Exportacao S.A.#5 Futura Industrial S.A. de C.V.

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Method of transportation used

% share of total transportation by volume

#1 Maritime73.468%

#3 Land (truck) 8.899%

#2 Land (railway) 14.753%

Not declared 2.520%

#4 Land (other) 0.355%

#5 Air0.005%

% change 1st half 2017 vs. 1st half 2018

Latin America’s top global buyers of polyvinyl chloride

Latin America’s top global suppliers of polyvinyl chloride

#1 Brazil121,689 T(10.19%)

#6 Peru20,787 T(18.79%)

#3 Turkey49,921 T(2.02%)

#8 United States15,104 T(-4.69%)

#2 Belgium87,520 T(30.18%)

#7 Italy17,784 T

(-21.15%)

#4 India43,451 T(69.66%)

#9 Chile10,330 T(-5.85%)

#5 United Kingdom27,185 T(56.45%)

#10 Ecuador8,759 T

(19.86%)

% change 1st half 2017 vs. 1st half 2018

#1 United States393,817 T

(8.19%)

#3 Mexico37,827 T

(-16.89%)

#2 Colombia114,965 T(36.00%)

#4 Taiwan13,016 T

(-33.04%)

#5 Argentina11,109 T

(-70.79%)

#6 Belgium9,977 T(3.22%)

#8 Brazil3,575 T

(-57.92%)

#7 Germany7,839 T(1.46%)

#9 Spain2,224 T

(-43.57%)

#10 Netherlands2,150 T

(73.75%)