582 Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics
After a drop of 16.6 percent in 2009, the value (in current prices) of exports of plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (SITC group 582) increased
in 2010 by 24.0 percent to amount to 85.6 bln US$ (see table 2). Imports showed a similar development with an increase of 25.2 percent to 85.9
bln US$ in 2010 (see table 3). Graph 1 shows that the increase in exports for 2010 in this product group exceeded both the increase in world exports
of chemicals and related products, nes (SITC section 5) of 17.1 percent and the increase in total world exports of 21.2 percent. Exports of plastic
plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (SITC group 582) accounted for 5.2 percent of world exports of SITC section 5 and 0.6 percent of total world
exports in 2010 (see table 1).
Japan, Germany and USA were the top exporting countries in 2010 (see table 2). They accounted respectively for 14.6, 12.8 and 9.9 percent of
world exports. Top destinations were China, USA and Germany (see table 3). By MDG regions (see graph 2), Developed Europe accounted for a
large share of trade in plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (SITC group 582). In 2010, its exports amounted to 37.9 bln US$ while imports
amounted to 33.2 bln US$, resulting in a trade surplus of 4.7 bln US$. Major surpluses were also recorded by Developed Asia-Pacific (+9.5 bln US$)
and Developed North America (+2.3 bln US$). Top trade deficits were recorded by Eastern Asia (-6.4 bln US$), Latin America and the Caribbean
(-4.1 bln US$) and Commonwealth of Independent States (-2.3 bln US$).
Table 1: Imports (Imp.) and exports (Exp.), 1996-2010, in current prices
1996
1997
29.2
29.2
5.7
6.1
0.5
0.6
Values in Bln US$ Imp.
Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
SITC section (%) Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
world trade (%) Exp.
1998
30.2
30.4
5.7
6.0
0.5
0.6
1999
30.7
30.2
5.7
5.9
0.6
0.6
2000
31.5
31.0
5.6
5.9
0.6
0.6
2001
33.1
33.3
5.4
5.9
0.5
0.5
32.3
32.4
5.1
5.5
0.5
0.5
Graph 1: Annual growth rates of exports, 1996−2010
2002
2003
35.5
35.5
5.1
5.4
0.5
0.6
42.0
42.0
5.0
5.3
0.6
0.6
2004
2005
50.5
50.8
5.0
5.3
0.5
0.6
SITC, Section 5
Country or area
20%
World....................................
Japan....................................
Germany................................
USA.......................................
Italy.......................................
China.....................................
Rep. of Korea........................
Other Asia, nes.....................
Belgium.................................
France...................................
United Kingdom....................
Netherlands..........................
Canada..................................
China, Hong Kong SAR.........
Austria..................................
Spain.....................................
15%
10%
5%
0%
−5%
−10%
−15%
−20%
Country or area
World....................................
China.....................................
USA.......................................
Germany................................
Rep. of Korea........................
France...................................
Other Asia, nes.....................
United Kingdom....................
Mexico..................................
Italy.......................................
China, Hong Kong SAR.........
Belgium.................................
Canada..................................
Poland...................................
Spain.....................................
Japan....................................
Developed N. America
South−eastern Europe
CIS
Northern Africa
Sub−Saharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South−eastern Asia
Western Asia
40
30
20
10
0
−1
0
Oceania
−2
0
2009
68.6
69.0
4.6
4.9
0.5
0.6
2010
85.9
85.6
4.9
5.2
0.6
0.6
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 06-10 09-10
Cum.
85 589.2
12 503.4
10 938.3
8 479.2
5 247.2
5 216.6
3 888.9
3 439.2
3 429.2
2 580.8
2 380.8
2 302.8
1 868.6
1 784.9
1 764.3
1 561.7
6.8
15.9
0.4
5.4
0.9
17.1
15.3
12.1
1.5
0.9
1.4
0.6
-0.4
8.1
5.4
4.5
24.0 100.0
38.1 14.6
14.6 12.8
22.8
9.9
10.9
6.1
55.7
6.1
43.3
4.5
38.4
4.0
11.0
4.0
9.1
3.0
17.1
2.8
11.2
2.7
13.0
2.2
44.6
2.1
12.3
2.1
16.0
1.8
14.6
27.4
37.3
43.4
49.5
54.1
58.1
62.1
65.1
67.9
70.6
72.8
74.8
76.9
78.7
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 06-10 09-10
Cum.
Value
Developed Europe
−3
0
80.3
82.8
4.7
5.0
0.5
0.5
10
09
Trade balance
Developed Asia−Pacific
−4
0
2008
Table 3: Top importing countries or areas in 2010
Graph 2: Trade Balance by MDG regions 2010
Exports
73.8
76.2
4.9
5.3
0.5
0.6
20
08
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
01
20
00
20
99
20
98
19
97
19
19
19
96
−25%
Imports
2007
Value
Total
25%
(Bln US$)
64.3
65.9
5.0
5.4
0.5
0.5
Table 2: Top exporting countries or areas in 2010
(In percentage by year)
SITC code 582
2006
57.2
57.4
5.0
5.3
0.5
0.6
Source: UN Comtrade
85 865.1
10 271.0
5 834.3
5 489.5
4 776.0
4 276.9
3 317.9
3 306.7
3 101.1
2 763.8
2 341.2
2 326.2
2 228.6
2 058.8
1 987.3
1 962.9
7.5
19.2
0.8
4.6
21.6
3.3
11.5
-0.4
4.2
4.8
8.3
2.6
0.4
9.5
0.6
7.8
25.2 100.0
57.8 12.0
27.2
6.8
19.9
6.4
41.6
5.6
10.8
5.0
35.2
3.9
14.2
3.9
32.2
3.6
26.8
3.2
42.0
2.7
9.3
2.7
17.4
2.6
24.6
2.4
3.0
2.3
35.0
2.3
12.0
18.8
25.1
30.7
35.7
39.6
43.4
47.0
50.2
53.0
55.7
58.3
60.7
63.0
65.3