The country with the largest new production capacity of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) worldwide between 2019 and 2021 is expected to be China, amounting to some 3.4 million metric tons of new capacity during that timeframe. In second place was the United States, with new LLDPE production capacity forecast to amount to 1.71 million metric tons.
New production capacity of linear low-density polyethylene worldwide between 2019 and 2021 by country
(in 1,000 metric tons)
Characteristic
Capacity in thousand metric tons
China
3,400
United States
1,710
South Korea
800
Russia
800
Oman
440
India
400
Indonesia
400
Malaysia
350
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