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U.S. plastic sales and captive use 2020, by resin

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 24, 2023
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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2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

*Millions of pounds, dry weight basis, except phenolic resins, which are reported on a gross weight basis.
**Sales & captive use data include imports.
***Canadian production and sales data included.
****Canadian and Mexican production and sales data included.
*****Includes: epoxy resin, polyurethanes (TDI, MDI and polyols), phenolic, urea, melamine, unsaturated polyester and other thermosets.
****** Includes: PET, nylon, ABS, engineering resins, and other thermoplastics.

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