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INDIA AND THE GLOBAL PLASTICS SUPPLY CHAIN, EMAP, LONDON 2004

Françoise Pardos, Pardos Marketing, February 2006

 

Statistics -Tables -Past present and future

 

 Table 1. Capacity of commodity plastics, in thousands of tons

Main areas 2004 Added to 2010 + % increase 2004-2010
West Europe 42 000 3 200 7.6
C & E Europe 9 400 8 200 87.2
North America 55 200 4 900 8.9
South America 10 300 3 900 37.9
Middle East 10 300 15 200 147.6
Africa 3 200 1 600 50.0
Asia Pacific 76 300 35 900 47.0

 

Table 2. World production / consumption of plastics, long term 1960-2020

  1960 1979 2000 2010 2020 AARG AARG
1960-2000 2000-2020
Commodity 7000 60000 155000 287000 510000 8% 6.15%
Engineering 50 900 4500 12000 24500 12% 8.8%
Specialty 3 40 170 400 1100 11% 9.8%
Composites 0 1 80 200 500 23% 9.6%

 

Table 3. Plastics consumption by major areas, in thousands of tons

Main world areas 2000 2020 AARG*
2000-2020 %
Europe W, C, E 40 000 87 000 4
Eurasia, Russia & others 4 000 19 000 8
North America 45 000 98 000 4
Latin America 11 000 42 000 7
Middle East, incl. TR 4 000 18 000 8
Africa, North & South 2 500 10 000 7
Other Africa 500 1 000 4
China 19 000 153 000 11
India 4 000 38 000 12
Japan 11 000 16 000 2
Other Asia Pacific, rest 13 000 60 000 8

*Average annual rate of growth

 

Table 4. Polymer consumption in China in 2002, in thousands of tons

Plastics Local supply Net imports Apparent consumption
PE 3514 4552 8429
PP 3741 2556 6297
PVC 3610 2214 5824
PS including EPS 1827 1584 3411
ABS 575 1618 2193

Source: Sinodata Consulting

 

Plastics consumption in India, estimated by PlastIndia February 2003, in thousands of tons

Commodity plastics 2000 2005
PELD 260 316
PEHD /LLD 1284 2472
PP 1247 2854
PVC 815 1313
PS 186 375
EPS 22 38
PET bottles 45 100
PET films 55 100
ABS 40 65
SAN 5 8
PMMA 20 30
Epoxy 11 15
PU 40 55
PF 30 55
MF/UF 15 20
UP 20 30
     
Engineering plastics    
Polyamides 6 and 66 20 32
PC 20 32
POM 6 10
PBT, PET for molding 2 3
Others 1 2
     
Specialty plastics    
FP 1 2
     

As of 2004, India plastics consumption is still one third of that of China.

 

Sources

All Pardos Marketing estimates from many sources and data bases.

All figures and comments come from multi-client study, the World Plastics Trilogy, Plastics Supply, Consumption/Applications, Converting Industries and Strategies of world players.

 


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