China launches PVC futures trading Wednesday,May 27,2009 Posted: 16:52 BJT(0852 GMT)   From:www.chinaview.cn    Article type:Reproduced DALIAN, May 25 (Xinhua) -- China started the trading of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) futures contracts at 9 a.m. at DALIAN Commodity Exchange Monday, with September contract V909 opening 275 yuan higher at 6575 yuan per ton. After steel futures and rice futures, this is the third new futures trading launched in China this year. PVC is a kind of synthetic resin widely used in construction, plumbing, electric wires and packaging. China is the world's largest PVC manufacturer, with an annual output of 8.82 million tonnes last year.

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