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packaging market: world and Brazil
1.3 PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF PACKAGING IN BRAZIL
Plastic packaging
For 2015, the forecast is an increase of over
US$ 3 million, in relation to 2011, corresponding to
an additional volume of 500 thousand of tonnes. There
has been continued growth in consumption per capita
since 2007 ( Table 1.19).
Table 1.17
Size of the plastic packaging market: Value (historical trends and projections)
Material US$ million 2007 – 2011
CAGR
2011-2015*
CAGR
2007 2011 2015
Plastics 7,124 10,328 12,495 9.7% 4.9%
Flexible plastics 5,406 6,667 7,827 5.4% 4.1%
TOTAL 12,530 16,995 20,323 7.9% 4.6%
*Estimate
CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate
Source: DATAMARK
Table 1.18
Size of the plastic packaging market: Volume (historical trends and projections)
Material
US$ million 2007 – 2011
CAGR
2011-2015*
CAGR
2007 2011 2015
Plastics 1,821 2,223 2,694 5.1% 4.9%
Flexible plastics 271 301 354 2.7% 4.1%
TOTAL 2,091 2,525 3,047 4.8% 4.8%
Estimate*
CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate
Source: DATAMARK
In the period of 2007-2011, the plastic packaging
market grew 7.9% a year in value (US$) and 4.8% in
volume (Tables 1.17 and 1.18). The following markets
stand out as the most common users of packaging:
biscuits, pet food, powder drinks, coffee and snacks
in flexible packaging, and soft drinks, mineral water,
edible oil, chemical products and fabric softeners in
rigid plastic packaging (Chart 1.1 ).