The document provides market data on expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation in Ukraine from January to March 2012. It shows that EPS production increased compared to the same period in 2011, with the Stolit brand having the largest market share. Raw material imports for EPS production also increased during this period, with most imports coming from China. The average price of imported EPS raw materials ranged from 13.31 to 13.95 UAH per brand.

1. Insulation Market Segment Monitoring.
EPS Market
January-March 2012
Ukraine

2. 2Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Dynamics of EPS market by month, 2012 compared to
2011, ths.m3
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing

3. 3Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Dynamics of total internal Ukraine market of EPS by
brand Jan-Mar 2012, ths.m3
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing
Brand Jan Feb Mar TOTAL
Stolit 8,3 11,5 17,0 36,8
Polimer Akacia 5,0 8,0 12,0 25,0
Vik Bud 3,5 7,0 14,0 24,5
Evrobud 3,0 5,0 16,0 24,0
Sonant 3,0 3,5 15,0 21,5
Stirol 1,6 6,5 8,0 16,1
Disk-S 1,1 3,5 3,5 8,1
Simja 0,7 3,0 3,0 6,7
Marbet 1,0 3,0 2,5 6,5
Rodnichok 0,4 1,5 4,4 6,3
Termpek 1,2 1,6 3,4 6,2
Svit pinoplastu 0,6 2,2 2,2 5,0
Pinopolistirol 0,6 2,0 2,0 4,6
Vektor 0,5 2,0 1,7 4,2
Poliplast 0,5 1,8 1,8 4,1
Others 13,9 48,7 34,5 97,1
TOTAL 44,9 110,8 141,0 296,7

4. 4Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Total internal Ukraine market structure of EPS by brand
Jan-Mar 2012, ths.m3
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing

5. 5Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Market balance of raw materials for EPS Jan-Mar 2012,
tons
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing

6. 6Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Market dynamics of raw materials for EPS by month,
2012 compared to 2011, tons
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing

7. 7Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Dynamics of Import raw materials for EPS by producer,
Jan-Mar 2012, tons
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing
Brand Jan Feb Mar TOTAL
King Pearl 224 532 410 1 165
Alfapor 79 300 320 699
Styropor 0 176 224 400
OWIPIAN 145 22 43 211
XIFA 0 0 204 204
Others 20 0 68 88
TOTAL 468 1 030 1 269 2 767

8. 8Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing
Import structure of raw materials for EPS by brand Jan-
Mar 2012, tons

9. 9Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Dynamics of Import raw materials for EPS by UA
Company (importer) Jan-Mar 2012, tons
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing
UA Company
(importer)
Jan Feb Mar TOTAL
Polimergrad 0 256 392 648
Aspokem 0 176 360 536
Ladoga Plus 94 120 160 374
TD Tana 68 241 34 343
Evrobud 88 175 53 315
Ukrspectehnika 63 22 63 148
Djura 102 0 0 102
Others 53 40 207 300
TOTAL 468 1 030 1 269 2 767

10. 10Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing
Import structure of raw materials for EPS by UA
Company (importer) Jan-Mar 2012, tons

11. 11Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Dynamics of Import raw materials for EPS by country of
origin Jan-Mar 2012, tons
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing
Country of origin Jan Feb Mar TOTAL
China 326 532 682 1 539
Russia 79 300 320 699
Malaysia 0 176 144 320
Poland 63 22 43 128
Others 0 0 80 80
TOTAL 468 1 030 1 269 2 767

12. 12Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing
Import structure of raw materials for EPS by country of
origin Jan-Mar 2012, tons

13. 13Insulation Market Segment Monitoring, Jan-Mar 2012
Source: Agency of Industrial Marketing
The average price for raw materials for EPS by brand, UAH.
Brand Jan Feb Mar Average
King Pearl 13,45 13,07 13,42 13,31
Styropor - 13,50 14,29 13,90
OWIPIAN 13,30 13,95 14,59 13,95
Alfapor 13,47 13,61 13,63 13,57

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