Polypropylene (PP) accounted for the largest share of plastics converter demand in the European Union in 2021, at 18.5 percent. PP is used for various products, such as food packaging, sweet and snack wrappers, hinged caps, microwave proof containers, and automotive parts. In 2022, the packaging segment accounted for approximately 40 percent plastics converter demand in Europe.
Distribution of plastics converter demand in Europe (EU-27+3) from 2016 to 2023, by polymer type
Based on total converters demand of 54 million metric tons
Supplementary notes
This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report.
EU-27 + 3 = Includes Norway and Switzerland and the United Kingdom
The source includes the following descriptions for each polymer:
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