Hollow fiber membranes having a skinned surface on one diameter, and a porous
surface on the opposite diameter are produced from perfluorinated thermoplastic
polymers by extruding a heated solution of the polymer having a low critical solution
temperature directly into a cooling bath to form the porous membrane by liquid-liquid
phase separation. Extrusion can be conducted either vertically or horizontally.
The hollow fiber membranes are useful as ultrafiltration membranes and as membrane contactors.