Despite reports of limited availability on the part of a few suppliers, some PVC plants have returned to production recently. Vinnolit was expected to restart their 160,000 tons/year PVC plant at Knapsack, Germany on April 29 after maintenance. Ineos reportedly completed a maintenance shutdown at Tavaux, France in the first half of April. The plant has a PVC capacity of 300,000 tons/year. Czech Anwil also resumed operations at Neratovice in the second half of April. However, market sources reported that production at the 135,000 tons/year PVC plant was reduced due to an ethylene shortage.
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