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THE GLOBAL FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
MARKET, NOW AND 2015 , PIRA, BRUSSELS 2005
PIRA, Brussels 2005 Flexible Packaging 2005
PIRA 5th International Conference
19th-20th October 2005, Brussels Belgium
World production/ consumption of plastics, long term, 1960-2015
In thousands of metric tons, rounded
| Commodity |
7000 |
43000 |
60000 |
85000 |
155000 |
190000 |
350000 |
9% |
| Engineering |
50 |
600 |
900 |
2000 |
4500 |
7000 |
14000 |
13% |
| Specialty |
3 |
25 |
40 |
100 |
170 |
260 |
500 |
12% |
World consumption of plastics, 2005-2015, and Europe
In thousands of metric tons
| PVC |
29000 |
4 |
43000 |
7000 |
1 |
7700 |
| PELD /LLD |
39000 |
5 |
63000 |
7600 |
3 |
10200 |
| PEHD |
28600 |
5 |
47000 |
6400 |
2 |
7800 |
| PP |
42000 |
10 |
109000 |
9500 |
4 |
14000 |
| PS |
12000 |
3 |
16000 |
2750 |
1 |
3000 |
| EPS |
3700 |
6 |
7500 |
1270 |
3 |
1700 |
| ABS |
6900 |
5 |
11300 |
850 |
2 |
1030 |
| Other styrenics & alloys |
800 |
5 |
1300 |
150 |
3 |
200 |
| PET bottles |
8500 |
10 |
22000 |
2500 |
5 |
4000 |
| PET films and other |
2250 |
3 |
3000 |
500 |
2 |
610 |
| PUR |
10800 |
5 |
17600 |
2900 |
2 |
3500 |
| PMMA |
1200 |
5 |
1950 |
350 |
1 |
390 |
| UP |
2500 |
4 |
3700 |
700 |
2 |
850 |
| Thermoset moldings |
1000 |
4 |
1500 |
150 |
1 |
170 |
| Epoxy |
1100 |
3 |
1500 |
250 |
1 |
275 |
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| PA |
2500 |
7 |
4900 |
750 |
4 |
1100 |
| PC, including in alloys |
2600 |
9 |
6200 |
700 |
6 |
1250 |
| POM |
760 |
7 |
1500 |
220 |
4 |
320 |
| PBT PET |
670 |
7 |
1320 |
220 |
4 |
320 |
| PPE PPO |
350 |
3 |
470 |
100 |
1 |
110 |
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| PTFE |
80 |
3 |
107 |
35 |
1 |
39 |
| Other FP, PVDF |
40 |
7 |
80 |
11 |
2 |
13 |
| PPS |
65 |
8 |
140 |
15 |
3 |
20 |
| PSU |
22 |
7 |
43 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
| PES, PPSU |
11 |
10 |
28 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
| LCP |
27 |
12 |
84 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
| PAEK PEEK |
2 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
| PEI |
11 |
10 |
28 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
| PI |
6 |
7 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
| Other specialty |
1 |
7 |
2 |
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Sources: Updated estimates from Pardos Marketing, from study Plastics
in the world 2005-2015
This summarized consumption table shows the
difference between the commodity plastics, altogether close to 190
million tons worldwide, the engineering plastics, close to 7 million
tons in the world and the specialty plastics, around 300 000 tons,
all in 2005, as forecast from the most recent figures and outlook.
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