Tokyo — Polyurethane production in Japan was flat in October 2016 at 15.7 kT compared with 15.5 kT in October 2015, according to figures from Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
The country had produced 146kT of PU by the end of October 2016, this figure is almost identical to the October 2015 level. The 2015 total volume of polyurethane produced was 165kT.