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Country name Current status and outlook for the plastics industry Current issues affecting plastics industry
Germany ● Germany production Values- Plastic and Rubber ● USA/China trade conflict
(Machinery) Machinery
● 2018: 7.9 Bn Euro ● Brexit
● 2019: 7.1 Bn Euro ● Uncertainties in the automotive sector
● 2020: 6.7 Bn Euro ● Plastics Image, Circular Economy

● Incoming orders (Jan-Aug 2018-19): 19% ● Digitization
● More than 300 mostly medium sized companies.
● About 4.5 million tonnes of converted plastics.
● More than 90,000 employees
● More than 15 Billion Euros of annual turnover

● 23% of European plastic packaging production
happens in Germany – 19.6 million tonnes.

Germany ● The outlook for 2019 for the plastic converting ● Biggest problem is media campaigning against
(Converting industry was reduced as well. The expected increase plastics
Industry) in demand is only 1% instead of 3%.
● The forecast for the plastics packaging industry is ● Marine litter discussions and the German govt. bans
definitely lower than the results in 2018 (2.7% in to go even a step further than EU-requirements.
quality and 3.1% in sales.

● We expect a clear decrease in quantity and turnover, ● A draft law was regarding the plastics ban --- The
esp. in Packaging. In consumer sector there can be New Packaging Act’
a growth but lower than the previous years, due to
substitutions and avoidance effects.

● It would be difficult to reach the recycling rate
requirement set by law.

● Govt. plans to set-up another Round Table for
the ‘Use of Recycled Materials’ to include all
applications of plastics products.
Nepal ● Total establishment: 550-600 Nos Approx. ● Sustainability.
● Investment : 40 Billions NPR (360 million USD) ● Band on the Single use Plastic Campaign.

● Employment : 55,000 No’s ● Vibrant Environmental Initiative.
● Growth since last 5 years : 12-15 % ● Climate Neutral Economy.
● Industry Value chain : convertors & Machinery ● Technology and Workforce.
Supplier
● Non Production Area: Polymers raw materials
(No any Polymers industry, 100 % import): Per year
consumption: 200,000 Mt.
● Exports : Plastic converting items such as oven sacks,
optical, foot wares (e.g. slippers)
● Imports: Machinery, Molds, polymer resin, master
batches, some plastic final products.

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