Total plastic sales and captive use in the United States amounted to 124.69 billion pounds in 2020. Thermoplastics - such as LDPE and LLDPE - accounted for 87 percent of plastic sales and captive use that year.
Plastic sales and captive use in the United States in 2020 by resin (in millions of pounds)
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Statistics on Plastics industry in the U.S.
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global plastic production 1950-2021
- Premium Statistic Plastic material production worldwide by region 2021
- Premium Statistic Plastic materials flow worldwide 1950-2017
- Premium Statistic Plastic production in the U.S. 2021, by resin
- Premium Statistic Plastic resin production compound growth rate in the United States 1979-2019
- Premium Statistic Plastic & resin manufacturing market size in the U.S. 2011-2022
Production
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- Premium Statistic U.S. polyethylene production volume 1990-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. LDPE production volume 1990-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. HDPE production volume 1990-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. PVC production volume 1990-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. polypropylene production volume 1990-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. polystyrene production volume 1990-2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. resin production volume 2010-2021
Segments
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Trade
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- Premium Statistic U.S. plastics industry national shipments value 2013-2020
- Premium Statistic Plastics industry national shipment value in the U.S. 2018-2019, by state
- Basic Statistic Plastic resin shipments value in the U.S. 2004-2019
- Premium Statistic Thermoplastic resin sale shares in the U.S. 2020, by material
- Basic Statistic Total U.S. thermoplastic resin sales 2008-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. plastic sales and captive use 2020, by resin
Companies
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- Premium Statistic Plastic & resin manufacturing businesses in the U.S. 2011-2022
- Premium Statistic Plastic & resin manufacturing employment in the U.S. 2011-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. plastics industry employment by select state 2020
- Premium Statistic Dow's Packaging & Specialty Plastics segment revenue 2017-2022
- Premium Statistic ExxonMobil Chemical's net income 2001-2021
Outlook
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Further related statistics
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- Distribution of plastic resin sales and captive use in the U.S. 2021, by material
- Value of global plastic resin shipments 2005-2019
- Average content of engineering resins per light vehicle in North America 2004-2014
- Selected plastic/composite resin content in light vehicles in North America 2004-2014
- U.S. plastic resin trade 2003-2013
- U.S. recovered non-bottle rigid plastic by resin 2018
- Wholesale Price Index of turpentine and plastic chemicals in India FY 2007-2017
- U.S. plastic resin sales and captive use compound growth rate 1979-2019
- Global share of plastic consumption by class 2018
- U.S. total resin sales and captive use 1975-2021
- Global market value of thermoforming plastics 2019 & 2024
- Per capita consumption of plastic materials worldwide by region 2015
- Global polyethylene terephthalate production 2014-2020
- Distribution of global consumption of plastic additives by application 2014
- Density of plastic materials in relation to buoyancy in seawater
- Global epoxy resin market value 2015-2021
- Industry revenue of “custom compounding of purchased resins“ in Illinois 2012-2024
- Domestic demand of urea-formaldehyde resins Japan 2012-2021
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- Distribution of plastic resin sales and captive use in the U.S. 2021, by material
- Value of global plastic resin shipments 2005-2019
- Average content of engineering resins per light vehicle in North America 2004-2014
- Selected plastic/composite resin content in light vehicles in North America 2004-2014
- U.S. plastic resin trade 2003-2013
- U.S. recovered non-bottle rigid plastic by resin 2018
- Wholesale Price Index of turpentine and plastic chemicals in India FY 2007-2017
- U.S. plastic resin sales and captive use compound growth rate 1979-2019
- Global share of plastic consumption by class 2018
- U.S. total resin sales and captive use 1975-2021
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- Per capita consumption of plastic materials worldwide by region 2015
- Global polyethylene terephthalate production 2014-2020
- Distribution of global consumption of plastic additives by application 2014
- Density of plastic materials in relation to buoyancy in seawater
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American Chemistry Council. (March 7, 2021). Plastic sales and captive use in the United States in 2020 by resin (in millions of pounds) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/622845/total-plastics-sales-and-captive-use-in-the-united-states-by-resin/
American Chemistry Council. "Plastic sales and captive use in the United States in 2020 by resin (in millions of pounds)." Chart. March 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/622845/total-plastics-sales-and-captive-use-in-the-united-states-by-resin/
American Chemistry Council. (2021). Plastic sales and captive use in the United States in 2020 by resin (in millions of pounds). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/622845/total-plastics-sales-and-captive-use-in-the-united-states-by-resin/
American Chemistry Council. "Plastic Sales and Captive Use in The United States in 2020 by Resin (in Millions of Pounds)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/622845/total-plastics-sales-and-captive-use-in-the-united-states-by-resin/
American Chemistry Council, Plastic sales and captive use in the United States in 2020 by resin (in millions of pounds) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/622845/total-plastics-sales-and-captive-use-in-the-united-states-by-resin/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Plastic sales and captive use in the United States in 2020 by resin (in millions of pounds) [Graph], American Chemistry Council, March 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/622845/total-plastics-sales-and-captive-use-in-the-united-states-by-resin/