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APAC Leads Polyethylene Industry Forecasts to 2018 in New Research Report Available at RnRMarketResearch.com
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Jun 14, 2014, 03:30 ET

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Dalals, Texas (PRWEB) June 14, 2014 -- The global polyethylene industry has witnessed a period of low growth in the last two years due to a slowdown in China and India, which showed strong demand in the past decade and proved themselves to be the growth engine of the global polyethylene industry. Russia has emerged as another growing market for polyethylene with a twofold increase in demand volume in the last decade. It is also expected to show a strong demand growth rate over the next five years. The Middle East and Africa has seen the fastest pace of production in the last decade. In terms of absolute change in production, Asia-Pacific continues to lead the market with an increase in production from 16.77 mmty in 2003 to 27.703 mmty in 2013, at Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.1% in the last decade. New plants in China and India will continue to drive production in the region to 35.72 mmty in 2018.

Major Companies Active in the Global Polyethylene Industry
• Exxon Mobil Corporation
• The Dow Chemical Company
• SABIC

Order a purchase copy of this report at http://www.rnrmarketresearch.com/contacts/purchase?rname=185370.

“Global Polyethylene Industry – Emerging Markets in Asia-Pacific to Drive Modest Growth”. The study comes from the company’s oil and gas research group and provides market analysis of the global polyethylene industry, highlighting major features. It gives historic and forecast market size and demand and production figures by region, covering the regions of Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, South America, and the Middle East and Africa.

Scope
• Historic and forecast global polyethylene capacity by region
• Details of planned polyethylene plants
• Major global polyethylene producers’ capacity shares
• Historic and forecast polyethylene market size, demand volume and production volume by region
• Global polyethylene demand by end-use sector
• Polyethylene price forecast by region
• Profiles of the three largest companies in the polyethylene industry

Reasons to Buy
• Understand the key trends and challenges in the global polyethylene industry
• Understand the regional polyethylene supply scenario
• Identify opportunities in the global polyethylene industry with the help of specific insights into demand and supply dynamics
• Increase future revenue and profitability with insights into future opportunities and critical success factors in the global polyethylene industry
• Understand the current and likely future competitive scenario

Complete report available at http://www.rnrmarketresearch.com/global-polyethylene-industry-emerging-markets-in-asia-pacific-to-drive-modest-growth-market-report.html.

Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 4
1.1 List of Tables 6
1.2 List of Figures 7
2 Introduction 8
2.1 Overview 8
2.2 GlobalData Report Guidance 9
3 Global Polyethylene Capacity – Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa to Drive Capacity 10
3.1 Global Polyethylene Industry 10
3.2 Global Polyethylene Industry, Supply Scenario, 2003–2018 11
3.3 Global Polyethylene Planned Plants – China, Russia and India to Add the Most Capacity 13
3.4 Global Polyethylene Industry, Capacity of Leading 10 Companies, 2013 16
4 Global Polyethylene Industry – Modest Growth Rate Expected Over the Next Five Years 19
4.1 Global Polyethylene Industry, Market Size, 2003–2018 19
4.2 Global Polyethylene Production, 2003–2018 24
4.3 Global Polyethylene Demand by End-Use Sector 28
4.4 Global Polyethylene Price Forecast, 2003–2018 29
5 Major Companies Active in the Global Polyethylene Industry 31
5.1 Exxon Mobil Corporation 31
5.1.1 Company Overview 31
5.1.2 ExxonMobil’s Total Installed Capacity, 2003–2018 31
5.1.3 ExxonMobil’s Active Polyethylene Complexes in 2013 33
5.2 The Dow Chemical Company 34
5.2.1 Company Overview 35
5.2.2 The Dow Chemical Company, Global Polyethylene Capacity, 2003–2018 36
5.2.3 The Dow Chemical Company’s Active Polyethylene Complexes in 2013 38
5.3 SABIC 40
5.3.1 Company Overview 40
5.3.2 SABIC’s Global Polyethylene Capacity, 2003–2018 41
5.3.3 SABIC’s Active Polyethylene Complexes Details, 2013 44
6 Conclusion 45
7 Appendix 46
7.1 Definitions 46
7.1.1 Installed Capacity 46
7.1.2 Process 46
7.1.3 Technology 46
7.2 Abbreviations 46
7.3 GlobalData’s Research Methodology 47
7.3.1 Coverage 47
7.3.2 Secondary Research 47
7.3.3 Primary Research 48
7.3.4 Expert Panel Validation 48
7.4 Disclaimer 49

Explore more reports on Plastics industry at http://www.rnrmarketresearch.com/reports/materials-chemicals/plastics.

About Us:
RnRMarketResearch.com is an online database of market research reports offer in-depth analysis of over 5000 market segments. The library has syndicated reports by leading market research publishers across the globe and also offer customized market research reports for multiple industries.

Ritesh Tiwari, RnR Market Research, http://www.rnrmarketresearch.com/, +1 (888) 391-5441, [email protected]

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