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Country name Current status and outlook for the plastics industry Current issues affecting plastics industry
Plastic machinery '429.4 -6.2% '231.1
(EUROMAP statistics)
8477 Plastics, rubber '248.2 -10.8% '120.1
machinery
8477.80 other machinery: '33.5 -25.9% '14.7
8477.10 injection-moulding '82.1 +16.9% '29.7
machines:
8477.30 blow moulding '22.6 -21.1% '3.0
machines:
8477.40 Thermoforming '10.0 -42.8% '2.4
machines
8477.90 parts: '86.2 -0.7% '62.1
8477.59 other: '0.3 -81.4% '4.2
8477.20 extruders: '13.5 -52.3% '4.0
8477.51 Machines for the tyre
industry
8420.10 calendering or other '8.4 -24.7% '2.8
rolling machines:
8443.160 Flexodruck '38.6 -23.5% '1.3
maschinen
und -apparate
Flexodruckmaschinen
und -apparate
Mouldes for rubber '134.2 +13.6% '106.9
Country name Current status and outlook for the plastics industry Current issues affecting plastics industry
and plastics
India
● Total imports of finished goods (2018-2019): 7.0 USD ● The hard Brexit, The China-US commercial war,
Bn, highest from China recession of the automotive industry etc.
● Total exports product wise from India (2018-19): ● The most threatening issue is represented by the
10.0 USD bn overall attacks to plastics.
● Number of organized recycling units: 3500+ ● People are increasing fast their attention and
consciousness on environmental problems like the
impact that plastics not correctly recovered and
recycled could have on animals, their habitat,
oceans etc.
● Number of unorganized recycling units: 4000+ ● However, there is a lack of information and public
opinion tend to require complete bans (“plastics
free” life) rather than the improvement of
collection/recycling systems and development of
new reusable items.
● Manpower in the recycled sector: 16,00,000+ ● Improvement in the processing technologies by
Plastics machinery industry as it plays a determinant
role in the way to the Circular Economy.
● Quantum of plastic recycled: 5.5 MMT
Italy ● In comparison with the first six months of 2018, ● Brexit is clearly a key issue as we import more than
imports for the period January-June 2019 showed half of all raw materials and 90% of equipment.
a drop of about 17% (with respect to the figure of
-20% in March), while exports slowed down by about
5% (-8% in March).

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