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STYRENE 443
Table 3. Use patterns for styrene by country/region (thousand tonnes) a
Use 1985 1990 1994 1998
Canada
Polystyrene 145 183 160 192
Unsaturated polyester resins 14 14 23 24
ABS resins 21 20 11 14
Styrene–butadiene copolymer latexes 25 26 23 11
SBR and latex 14 6 1 1
SAN resins 2 2 – –
Other 6 7 20 20
Total
Japan
227 258 238 262
Polystyrene 1 032 1 416 1 388 1 295
Unsaturated polyester resins 72 137 113 114
ABS/SAN resins 312 373 389 372
Styrene–butadiene copolymer latexes 87 129 146 158
SBR and latexes 93 104 86 98
Other 33 130 39 100
Total
Mexico
1 629 2 289 2 161 2 137
Polystyrene 96 126 151 248
Unsaturated polyester resins 5 5 6 7
ABS resins 4 7 11 12
SBR and latex 29 24 22 28
SAN resins 1 1 1 3
Other 10 5 3 6
Total
USA
145 168 194 304
Polystyrene 1 844 2 271 2 657 2 876
Unsaturated polyester resins 205 205 246 284
ABS resins 252 284 411 321
Styrene–butadiene copolymer latexes 363 455 562 642
SBR and latex 133 160 192 208
SAN resins 28 43 46 36
Other 123 122 130 308
Total
Western Europe
2 948 3 540 4 244 4 675
Polystyrene 1 970 2 518 2 513 2 649
Unsaturated polyester resins 136 224 213 220
ABS/SAN resins 301 386 411 433
Styrene–butadiene copolymer latexes 182 286 361 383
SBR and latex 177 158 143 123
Other 248 278 334 355
Total 3 014 3 850 3 975 4 163
ABS, acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene; SAN, styrene–acrylonitrile; SBR, styrene–butadiene rubber
a From Ring (1999); totals may not add due to independent rounding.