Sales and captive use of plastic resins in the United States totaled 129.8 billion pounds in 2023. In 2023, U.S. resin production reached 130.1 billion pounds.
Total resin sales and captive use in the United States from 1975 to 2023
(in million pounds dry weight)
Characteristic
Sales and captive use in million pounds (dry weight)
* Figures until 2014 include polyurethane. Sales and captive use is defined as merchant sales plus intra-company captive use.
Figures for 2015 to 2017 exclude phenolic resins, which are reported on a gross weight basis. Figures are in millions of pounds on a dry weight basis.
This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report.
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