São Paulo – Consumption of transformed plastic products grew 8.5% in Brazil last year over the previous year, to R$ 59 billion, according to figures disclosed by the Brazilian Plastics Industry Association (Abiplast).
Brazilian production answers to 85% of the total consumed. Last year, there was 0.43% reduction in production in the country, impacted mainly by the plastic laminate sector. The sector of plastic artefacts had the greatest performance in the year, with growth of 1.88% in production over 2011.
*Translated by Mark Ament