Overview of synthetic rubber production capacity by region worldwide in 2008

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In 2008, the total production capacity of polybutadiene rubber in Europe was 490,000 tons, chloroprene rubber was 100,000 tons, EPDM was 310,000 tons, emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber was 740,000 tons, solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber was 171,000 tons, butyl rubber was 242,000 tons, isoprene rubber was 25,000 tons, nitrile rubber was 170,000 tons, and butadiene-styrene copolymer elastomers were 430,000 tons； In North America, the production capacity for polybutadiene rubber is 637,000 tons, for chloroprene rubber it is 100,000 tons, for EPDM it is 495,000 tons, for emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber it is 705,000 tons, for solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber it is 420,000 tons, for butyl rubber it is 425,000 tons, for isoprene rubber it is 90,000 tons, for nitrile rubber it is 53,000 tons, and for butadiene-styrene copolymer elastomers it is 390,000 tons ； In Asia and Oceania, the production capacity for polybutadiene rubber is 1.376 million tons, for chloroprene rubber it is 205,000 tons, for EPDM it is 458,000 tons, for emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber it is 1.772 million tons, for solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber it is 277,000 tons, for butyl rubber it is 110,000 tons, for isoprene rubber it is 78,000 tons, for nitrile rubber it is 282,000 tons, and for butadiene-styrene copolymer elastomers it is 931,000 tons ； The production capacity for polybutadiene rubber in the Middle East and Africa is 73,000 tons, for emulsion polystyrene-butadiene rubber it is 75,000 tons, for solution polystyrene-butadiene rubber it is 8,000 tons, and for isoprene rubber it is 3,000 tons ； The production capacity of polybutadiene rubber in the Russian Federation is 361,000 tons, chloroprene rubber is 5,000 tons, EPDM is 20,000 tons, emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber is 386,000 tons, solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber is 20,000 tons, butyl rubber is 168,000 tons, isoprene rubber is 415,000 tons, nitrile rubber is 40,000 tons, and butadiene-styrene copolymer elastomers are 28,000 tons ； Latin America’s production capacity for polybutadiene rubber is 105,000 tons, for EPDM it is 35,000 tons, for emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber it is 415,000 tons, for solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber it is 80,000 tons, for nitrile rubber it is 63,000 tons, and for butadiene-styrene copolymer elastomers it is 115,000 tons.