The production of processed plastics in Brazil stood at seven million metric tons in 2023, up from 6.7 million tons a year earlier. Within the past decade, the production of processed plastics in the country experienced an overall downward trend. Meanwhile, the number of jobs in the Brazilian processed plastics industry has increased in recent years.
Production of processed plastics in Brazil from 2010 to 2023
(in million metric tons)
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According to the source, the methodology was adjusted in 2019, including recycling data and dismembering information from engineering plastics. As such, figures for production are above those disclosed in previous versions.
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Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Plástico, & Website (simpesc.org.br). (September 24, 2024). Production of processed plastics in Brazil from 2010 to 2023 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/486298/processed-plastics-production-in-brazil/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Plástico, und Website (simpesc.org.br). "Production of processed plastics in Brazil from 2010 to 2023 (in million metric tons)." Chart. September 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/486298/processed-plastics-production-in-brazil/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Plástico, Website (simpesc.org.br). (2024). Production of processed plastics in Brazil from 2010 to 2023 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/486298/processed-plastics-production-in-brazil/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Plástico, and Website (simpesc.org.br). "Production of Processed Plastics in Brazil from 2010 to 2023 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/486298/processed-plastics-production-in-brazil/
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