Between 2019 and 2021, it is expected that the country with the largest new production capacity of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) will be the United States, amounting to some 820,000 metric tons of this chemical. In second, Russia is expected to have 400,000 metric tons of new production capacity during that timeframe.
New production capacity of low-density polyethylene worldwide between 2019 and 2021 by country (in 1,000 metric tons)*
Characteristic
Capacity in thousand metric tons
United States
820
Russia
400
China
150
South Korea
150
02004006008001,000
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