| WP Report |
Polyethylene
This World Petrochemical (WP) report on Polyethylene contains complete global and country supply/demand balances for the base year, the past five years and five and ten year projections; production, consumption and trade are estimated for low density, high density and linear low density polyethylene resins separately in the analysis. The complete report including the analyses and supply/demand tables contains approximately 275 pages. There is also a table showing all global producers, their locations, and capacities (current, historical and future) to produce Polyethylene as well as capacities for derivative products.
Published January 2008
WP Home | View Report | Purchase | View Sample Report
Abstract
Global consumption of polyethylene in 2007 was approximately 66 million metric tons. Global capacity utilization was 86% in 2007; this was a slight increase from 2006. Global polyethylene consumption is estimated to have increased by 4.4% in 2007, and is expected to increase on average by 4.7% per year from 2007 to 2012, declining to 4.0% per year from 2012 to 2017. Average global utilization rates are expected to trough in 2010 and gradually increase thereafter to the high-80s to low-90s range.
High density PE (HDPE) accounted for almost 45% of global polyethylene consumption in 2007, followed by linear low density PE (LLDPE) with 28% of total consumption and low density PE (LDPE) with 27%. HDPE mostly is used for blow molding, film/sheet, injection molding and pipe/conduit applications. Almost all LLDPE is used for film/sheet applications with smaller amounts used for injection molding. Over half of LDPE is used for film/sheet applications with the balance mostly being used for extrusion coating, wire & cable and injection molding.
The following pie chart shows world consumption of polyethylene by end use:
|
|
|
|
