CEH: Polyethylene Resins, High-Density (HDPE)

Jun 2021. In terms of volume, HDPE is the third-largest commodity plastic material in the world, after polyvinyl chloride and polypropylene.

The HDPE industry is in a growth mode, with supply and demand continuing to increase strongly in 2020–25. Demand will continue to be dominated by Asia, primarily mainland China. Northeast Asia alone is forecast to consume over one-third of the total global consumption in 2025. Historically, traditional established economies such as North America, Western Europe, and Japan produced HDPE. The recent growth of the polyethylene industry has resulted in the shifting of production centers to regions with feedstock advantage (like the Middle East) or with a prominent domestic demand base (such as mainland China).

• Publish Date: 2021-06-01
• Chemical Focus: Polymers and Elastomers
• Number of Pages: 126
• Content Type: Report
• Delivery: Email with link to PDF file

• Global summary; regional coverage
• Producers with annual capacities and plant sites
• Consumption and five-year forecast by end-use application
• Price and production figures and trends
• Trade imports and exports

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• Support competitive analysis, marketing and sales
• Inform merger and acquisition decisions