London,UK-The EMEA polyurethane market is set on a downward trend accelerated by corona-virus,according to IAL Consultants.Production is unlikely to return to 2019 levels until 2024.The coronavirus pandemic has caused a 15.8% fall in production in 2020 from 6.52 MT/year in 2019.It accelerated a trend that was already under way in 2019.Western Europe accounted for 3.65 MT/year production in 2019,of which 965.3kT was produced in Germany.Western Europe is a mature market,and faster growth was found in Central Europe,at 2.1%,and the Middle East,at 1.5%.
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