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Nortex – one of the leaders in distribution of chemical products in Russia and CIS countries. We concentrate our activity in importing chemical raw materials from leading European and Asian manufacturers. Nortex is included into the TOP-100 European distributors of Chemistry rated ICIS. We distribute in Russia and CIS countries more than 70

S&P Global’s Chemical Economics Handbook – Plasticizers has been compiled using primary interviews with key suppliers and organizations, and leading representatives from the industry in combination with S&P Global’s unparalleled access to upstream and downstream market intelligence and expert insights into industry dynamics, trade, and economics.

Some 2.4% of Germany’s chemical exports, worth about $6 billion, went to Russia in 2025, according to VCI, a German industry association. Some 25 German chemical companies have Russian subsidiaries, which together employ about 6,000 people, VCI says. One German company, Wacker Chemie, says it expects the war to have limited direct impact.

Exports The top exports of Russia are Crude Petroleum ($113B), Refined Petroleum ($81.8B), Petroleum Gas ($37.7B), Coal Briquettes ($19.1B), and Gold ($19.1B), exporting mostly to China ($70.9B), Netherlands ($39B), United States ($27.4B), United Kingdom ($24.7B), and Italy ($22.2B).

After some generalities concerning plasticization theories and the description of plasticized petro- and bio-based polymers, this review details the well-known different petro-based plasticizers and more particularly phthalates which represent the most important category of PVC plasticizers.