61.   Propylene, a basic component used in plastics, synthetic fibers and foams, is easily ignited by heat or sparks, and containers can rocket if ruptured.

62.   Chlor-alkali is used to make caustic soda, used in synthetic fibers, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, soap, paper and pulp.

63.   Exports to China were mainly machinery, synthetic fibers and plastic products, while imports were mostly lumber, farm produce and consumer goods, the report said.

64.   Key imports are plastics, steel, integrated circuits, paper, finished oil products, synthetic fiber and data processing equipment, the report said.

65.   Meanwhile, Toray Industries Inc., a major Japanese synthetic fiber maker, said Tuesday it will temporarily shut down all of its nine factories in Indonesia.

66.   Propylene is a basic component used in plastics, synthetic fibers and foams.

67.   Taiwan has found the US restricting the import of Taiwanese synthetic fiber, meat products, fruit, cotton and flower unfair.

68.   The colorless liquid is largely used as a coolant and as a raw material for synthetic fibers.