Plastics Production 1986-1996
Chemical & Engineering News 23jun97
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Production |
% annual change |
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Millions of lba |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1995-96 |
1986-96 |
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THERMOSETTING RESINS |
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Epoxyb |
398 |
433 |
486 |
509 |
499 |
497 |
457 |
512 |
601 |
632 |
662 |
5% |
5% |
|
Melamine |
173 |
212 |
207 |
222 |
202 |
196 |
232 |
270 |
300 |
290 |
288 |
-1 |
5 |
|
Phenolicc,d |
2,735 |
2,869 |
3,066 |
2,879 |
2,946 |
2,658 |
2,923 |
3,078 |
3,229 |
3,204 |
3,260 |
2 |
2 |
|
Polyestere |
1,271 |
1,367 |
1,404 |
1,319 |
1,221 |
1,075 |
1,175 |
1,264 |
1,468 |
1,577 |
1,557 |
-1 |
2 |
|
Urea |
1,271 |
1,382 |
1,425 |
1,477 |
1,496 |
1,483 |
1,548 |
1,744 |
1,914 |
1,816 |
1,964 |
8 |
4 |
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TOTAL |
5,848 |
6,263 |
6,588 |
6,408 |
6,364 |
5,909 |
6,335 |
6,868 |
7,512 |
7,519 |
7,731 |
3% |
3% |
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THERMOPLASTIC RESINS |
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| Polyethylene | |||||||||||||
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Low densityf |
8,903g |
9,599g |
10,397g |
6,575 |
7,255 |
7,236 |
7,273 |
7,226 |
7,578 |
7,643 |
7,784 |
2% |
-- |
|
Linear low densityf |
-- |
-- |
-- |
3,120 |
3,893 |
4,346 |
4,644 |
4,841 |
5,022 |
5,243 |
6,361 |
21 |
-- |
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High densityh |
7,182 |
7,995 |
8,400 |
8,102 |
8,337 |
9,213 |
9,808 |
9,941 |
11,117 |
11,211 |
12,373 |
10 |
6% |
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Polypropylenei |
5,812 |
6,647 |
7,274 |
7,238 |
8,310 |
8,330 |
8,421 |
8,629 |
9,539 |
10,890 |
11,991 |
10 |
8 |
| Styrene polymers | |||||||||||||
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Polystyrene |
4,470 |
4,780 |
5,187 |
5,104 |
5,021 |
4,954 |
5,096 |
5,383 |
5,848 |
5,656 |
6,065 |
7 |
3 |
|
Styrene-acrylonitrilej |
92 |
126 |
148 |
113 |
135 |
109 |
113 |
105 |
138 |
130 |
121 |
-7 |
3 |
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Acrylonitrile-butadiene- styrene and other styrene polymersj,k |
2,196 |
2,254 |
2,418 |
2,394 |
2,351 |
2,287 |
2,610 |
2,924 |
3,230 |
2,908 |
2,969 |
2 |
3 |
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Polyamide, nylon type |
465 |
507 |
566 |
569 |
558 |
576 |
668 |
768 |
943 |
1,020 |
1,120 |
10 |
9 |
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Polyvinyl chloride & copolymersj |
7,256 |
7,971 |
8,350 |
8,478 |
9,096 |
9,164 |
9,989 |
10,257 |
11,712 |
12,295 |
13,220 |
8 |
6 |
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Thermoplastic polyesterj |
1,175 |
1,394 |
1,652 |
1,630 |
1,879 |
2,115 |
2,413 |
2,549 |
3,196 |
3,785 |
4,031 |
6 |
13 |
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TOTAL |
37,551 |
41,273 |
44,392 |
43,323 |
46,835 |
48,330 |
51,035 |
52,623 |
58,323 |
60,781 |
66,035 |
9% |
6% |
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GRAND TOTAL |
43,399 |
47,536 |
50,980 |
49,731 |
53,199 |
54,239 |
57,370 |
59,491 |
65,835 |
68,300 |
73,766 |
8% |
5% |
Note: Totals are for those products listed and exclude so me small-volume plastics. a Dry-weight basis unless otherwise specified. b Unmodified. c Includes other tar-acid resins. d Gross-wei ght basis. e Unsaturated. f Density 0.940 and below. g Low density and linear low density. h Density above 0.940. i Data include Canada from 1995. j Data include Canada from 1994. k Includes styrene-butadiene copolymers and other styrene-based polymers. Source: Society of the Plastics Industry
source: http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/970623/poly.html 24nov01
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