Global production capacity of expandable polystyrene 2018-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 8, 2024
The global production capacity of expandable polystyrene (EPS) amounted to 10.59 million metric tons in 2021. That was a slight increase from 10.26 million metric tons in 2019.
With at least three planned and announced EPS plants expected to come online by 2024, the production capacity is forecast to rise to at least 10.60 million metric tons by 2024.

Production capacity of expandable polystyrene worldwide from 2018 to 2021 (in million metric tons)

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August 2022

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Worldwide

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2018, 2019, and 2021

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This statistic has been assembled using more than one edition of the press release.

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