High Cost Brought Pressure and Push to Chlor-Alkali PVC Firms Reported Plunged Performance

China produced 4.876 million tons of PVC (polyvinyl chloride),9.89 million tons of caustic soda and 75.93 million tons of cal-cium carbide in the first half of 2008,up 8.88%,12.75% and 11.8% respectively.High cost brings new challenges to China’s chlor-alkali firms,which is gener-ally accepted by the members of