GLOBAL BUSINESS TRENDS, PARTNERS, HOT PRODUCTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY · 1

1. PLASTICS INDUSTRY TRADE FLOWS · 4
1. Industry-Wide · 4
2. Plastics Industry Segments · 8
3. Trade Flows as a Percentage of Domestic Shipments · 21
4. Trade Flow Summary · 22
2. PLASTICS CONSUMPTION AND MARKET SHARE · 24
1. Apparent Consumption · 24
2. Import Share · 31
3. CONTAINED TRADE IN RESINS AND PLASTICS PRODUCTS · 39
1. Methodology · 39
2. U.S. Trade in Resins and Plastics Products, All Countries Combined · 43
3. The "True" Consumption of Resins and Plastics Products · 47
4. The Kinds of Products that Contain Resins and Plastics Products · 50
5. Key Countries for Contained Resins and Plastics Products Trade · 53
6. U.S. Resins Trade Flows · 56
4. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S. PLASTICS INDUSTRY · 57

List of Figures

1. U.S. Plastics Industry Trade Balance
   
2. U.S. Resin Trade Balance
3. U.S. Plastics Trade Balances by Industry Category
4. Total Plastics Industry
5. Resins
6. Plastics Products
7. Molds for Plastics
8. Plastics Machinery
9. Plastics Industry Apparent Consumption
10. Domestic and Import Shares of U.S. Total Plastics Industry
11. Domestic and Import Shares of U.S. Resin Market
12. Domestic and Import Shares of U.S. Plastics Products Market
13. Domestic and Import Shares of U.S. Molds for Plastics Market
14. Domestic and Import Shares of U.S. Plastics Machinery Market
15. Input-Output Methodology
16. U.S. Resin Flows, 2006
17. Trade Balances in Resin
18. Trade Balances in Plastics Products
19. Derivation of the "True" Consumption of Resin
20. The "True" Consumption of Resin in the U.S.
21. The "True" Consumption of Plastics Products in the U.S.
22. U.S. Resin Trade Flows, 1997
23. U.S. Resin Trade Flows, 2006

List of Tables

1. U.S. Plastics Industry Exports
2. Top 10 Plastics Industry Export Categories, 2006
3. U.S. Plastics Industry Imports
4. Top 10 Plastics Industry Import Categories, 2006
5. U.S. Plastics Industry Trade Balance: Key Countries
6. U.S. Resin Exports
7. Top 5 Resin Export Categories, 2006
8. U.S. Resin Imports
9. Top 5 Resin Import Categories, 2006
10. U.S. Resin Trade Balance: Key Countries
11. U.S. Plastics Products Exports
12. Top 5 Plastics Products Export Categories, 2006
13. U.S. Plastics Products Imports
14. Top 5 Plastics Products Import Categories, 2006
15. U.S. Plastics Products Trade Balance: Key Countries
16. U.S. Plastic Mold Exports
17. Top 5 Molds for Plastics Export Categories, 2006
18. U.S. Plastic Mold Imports
19. Top 5 Molds for Plastics Import Categories, 2006
20. U.S. Molds for Plastics Trade Balance: Key Countries
21. U.S. Plastic Machinery Exports
22. Top 5 Plastics Machinery Export Categories, 2006
23. U.S. Plastic Machinery Imports
24. Top 5 Plastics Machinery Import Categories, 2006
25. U.S. Plastics Machinery Trade Balance: Key Countries
26. Trade Flows as a Percentage of Domestic Shipments
27. U.S. Total Plastics Industry Apparent Consumption
28. U.S. Plastics Resin Apparent Consumption
29. U.S. Plastics Products Apparent Consumption
30. U.S. Molds for Plastic Apparent Consumption
31. U.S. Plastics Machinery Apparent Consumption
32. Shares of Imports in U.S. Plastics Markets
33. Top 5 Countries for Increasing U.S. Imports, 2004 to 2006, All Plastics Industry Goods
34. Top 5 Countries for Increasing U.S. Imports, 2004 to 2006, Resin
35. Top 5 Countries for Increasing U.S. Imports, 2004 to 2006, Plastics Products
36. Top 5 Countries for Increasing U.S. Imports, 2004 to 2006, Molds for Plastics
37. Top 5 Countries for Increasing U.S. Imports, 2004 to 2006, Plastics Machinery
38. U.S. Trade in Contained and "Regular" Plastics Resin
39. U.S. Trade in Contained and "Regular" Plastics Products
40. Top 20 Export Products Ranked by Plastics Resin Content in 2006
41. Top 20 Import Products Ranked by Plastics Resin Content in 2006
42. Top 20 Export Products Ranked by Plastics Products Content in 2006
43. Top 20 Import Products Ranked by Plastics Products Content in 2006
44. Top 10 Countries Generating U.S. Contained Resin Surpluses
45. Top 10 Countries Generating U.S. Contained Resin Deficits
46. Top 10 Countries Generating U.S. Contained Plastics Products Surpluses
47. Top 10 Countries Generating U.S. Contained Plastics Products Deficits

Note: Appendix tables are found in the Excel™ files that accompany this study.

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