According to the latest data show that the current gold LIAN, South Korea and Taiwan, total styrene production capacity of 7 million 255 thousand tons / year. While from the table, on the maintenance of styrene plant is more concentrated near the first half, closing before the draft, to overhaul production capacity has reached 3 million 485 thousand tons / year. From the 2016 import data, 1-11 months in Japan and Taiwan imported a total of 1 million 664 thousand tons, the average monthly amount of 150 thousand tons, from the maintenance plan, the first half of the year due to the maintenance and loss of 260 thousand tons.

Thus, the first half of China’s styrene overall supply pressure is not near, but, because of the Asian dollar market supply is expected to save $tight, the disk is expected to remain strong, will also indirectly to the domestic RMB market provides very price support.