Subject: 2015 North American plastics market situation
Author: chenchen12495
Posted on: 02/16/2016 03:01:46 AM
North America is a major base for the production of plastic production base in 2015, in a word to summarize the situation in the North American plastic resin manufacturers: Polypropylene companies feel good, but the status of polystyrene, EPS and PVC.
Polypropylene sales increased by 5.3% to 7 million 800 thousand tons, domestic sales increased by 6.3%, but exports fell by 23%. Particularly good performance of the polypropylene market, including injection molding, sheet and film.
PS sales dropped slightly from 1.1% to 2 million tons. Only in the electronics market has been a weak 1.7% growth, but other market stagnation or a sharp recession. Food packaging is still the largest PS market, accounting for 62%.
EPS sales did not grow, exports also have a recession. Total sales of 430 thousand tons.
PVC growth is weak, because the record did not bring the United States to start the construction market is expected to increase the high growth. Construction industry accounted for 62% of sales PVC. PVC pipe sales increased by 1%, extrusion doors and windows grew 1.8%, fences and balcony materials increased by 3.4%, but the external walls of the housing sales fell by 5.6%.
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