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China faces PX shortage in 2014China will see a wider shortage of paraxylene(PX)supply in 2014,according to a research report from Sinopec Economic and Technological Research Institute.The supply gap will be up to 9.5 million tons in 2014.The domestic PX industry managed to meet only 47percent of China’s demand for PX in 2013.China’s
China will see a wider shortage of paraxylene （PX） supply in 2014, according to a research report from Sinopec Econonlic and Technological Research Institute. The supply gap will be up to 9.5 million tons in 2014. The domestic PX industry managed to lneet only 47 percent of China＇s demand for PX in 2013. China＇s PX demand topped 16.41 million tons in the 12 months, up 18.5 percent year on year, while imports of the chemical hit 8.7 million tons, up 42 percent year on year, the report said. Constrtiction to add PX production capacity has proven difficult.
