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July 2021 Chlorine Production

03/09/2021

In July, the European chlorine production stood at 850,820 tonnes. 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).

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

For more information please contact:
Marleen Pauwels, Executive Director, Euro Chlor, +32 2 436 9500 or [email protected] 

About Euro Chlor
Euro Chlor represents 38 full member companies producing chlorine at 60 manufacturing locations in 19 countries.

Note to editors:
Some of the totals for each month may vary slightly compared with figures used earlier. Please rely on the most recent information since it sometimes happens that we have to estimate when a producer is late in providing data. This is subsequently adjusted when the actual figure becomes available