The European chlorine production stood at 850,820 tonnes in July. With 27,466 tonnes, the July 2021 average daily production was 2.2% higher than in the previous month (June 2021: 26,850 tonnes), and 6.7% higher than in July 2020 (25,721 tonnes), reports Eurochlor.

With 191,122 tonnes, the July 2021 caustic soda stocks were 11.7% lower than in the previous month (June 2021: 171,142 tonnes), and 51,231 tonnes below the level of July 2020 (242,353 tonnes).

The following tables give the details of chlorine production and caustic soda stocks in the EU-27 countries plus Norway, Switzerland, and the UK in July 2021.

Chlorine production & capacity utilisation – EU 27 + Norway/Switzerland/UK 

Month

Production (tonnes)

Capacity Utilisation (%)

2020

2021

% change

2020

2021

January

827,979

859,246

+3.8%

84.4%

87.2%

February

797,919

795,123

-0.6%

86.9%

89.4%

March

788,020

805,478

+2.2%

80.3%

81.8%

April

701,496

770,551

+9.8%

73.8%

80.8%

May

725,822

800,970

+10.4%

73.9%

81.3%

June

699,300

805,490

+15.2%

73.6%

84.5%

July

797,487

850,820

+6.7%

81.2%

86.4%

 Caustic soda stocks (tonnes) 

2020

2021

January

226,813

233,430

February

241,996

254,121

March

208,427

206,381

April

176,243

206,409

May

209,098

191,318

June

238,230

171,865

July

242,353

191,122