In 2024, flexible packaging accounted for the largest production capacity of bioplastics worldwide, at about 694 thousand metric tons. This was followed by fibres, with a bioplastics production capacity amounting to 492 thousand metric tons that same year.
Production capacity of bioplastics worldwide in 2024, by market segment
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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