1 Table of Contents 3
1.1 List of Tables 5
1.2 List of Figures 7
2 Introduction 9
2.1 What is this Report About? 9
2.2 GMD Report Coverage 10
2.3 Definitions 10
3 Global Vinyls Markets 11
3.1 Market Drivers 11
3.2 Market Restraints 11
3.3 Industry Challenges 12
3.3.1 The Vinyls Value Chain 12
3.4 Global VCM Markets 12
3.4.1 North America VCM Markets 13
3.4.2 South and Central America VCM Markets 13
3.4.3 Europe VCM Markets 14
3.4.4 Middle East VCM Markets 14
3.4.5 Asia Pacific VCM Markets 14
3.5 Global EDC Markets 15
3.5.1 North America EDC Markets 15
3.5.2 South and Central America EDC Markets 16
3.5.3 Europe EDC Markets 16
3.5.4 Middle East EDC Markets 16
3.5.5 Asia Pacific EDC Markets 17
3.6 Global Vinyls Market Share Analysis 17
4 North America Vinyls Markets 19
4.1 Market Overview 19
4.2 Market Drivers 19
4.3 Market Restraints 19
4.4 Industry Challenges 19
4.5 North American VCM Markets 20
4.5.1 North America VCM Demand and Production 20
4.5.2 United States VCM Markets 22
4.5.3 Canada VCM Markets 25
4.6 North America EDC Markets 29
4.6.1 North America EDC Demand and Production 29
4.6.2 United States EDC Market 31
4.6.3 Canada EDC Markets 35
4.7 North America Vinyls Market Share 37
5 South and Central America Vinyl Markets 39
5.1 Market Overview 39
5.2 Market Drivers 39
5.3 Market Restraints 39
5.4 Industry Challenges 39
5.5 South and Central America VCM Markets 39
5.5.1 South and Central America VCM Demand and Production 39
5.5.2 Brazil VCM Markets 42
5.5.3 Brazil VCM Imports and Exports 44
5.5.4 Argentina VCM Market 46
5.5.5 Mexico VCM Markets 47
5.6 South and Central America EDC Markets 51
5.6.1 South and Central America EDC Demand and Production 51
5.6.2 Brazil EDC Markets 53
5.6.3 Brazil EDC Imports and Exports 55
5.6.4 Argentina EDC Markets 56
5.6.5 Mexico EDC Markets 60
5.7 South and Central America Vinyls Market Share 64
6 Europe Vinyls Markets 65
6.1 Market Overview 65
6.2 Market Drivers 65
6.3 Market Restraints 65
6.4 Industry Challenges 65
6.5 Europe VCM Markets 65
6.5.1 Europe VCM Demand and Production 65
6.5.2 Germany VCM Markets 67
6.5.3 France VCM Markets 71
6.5.4 UK VCM Markets 75
6.5.5 Spain VCM Markets 79
6.5.6 Italy VCM Markets 83
6.6 Europe EDC Markets 87
6.6.1 Europe EDC Demand and Production 87
6.6.2 Germany EDC Markets 88
6.6.3 France EDC Markets 92
6.6.4 UK EDC Markets 96
6.6.5 Spain EDC Markets 100
6.6.6 Italy EDC Markets 104
6.7 Europe Vinyls Market Share 108
7 Middle East Vinyls Markets 109
7.1 Middle East Market Overview 109
7.2 Middle East Market Drivers 109
7.3 Middle East Market Restrains 109
7.4 Middle East Industry Challenges 109
7.5 Middle East VCM Markets 109
7.5.1 Turkey VCM Markets 112
7.5.2 Iran VCM Markets 116
7.5.3 Saudi Arabia VCM Markets 120
7.6 Middle East EDC Markets 124
7.6.1 Turkey EDC Markets 126
7.6.2 Iran EDC Markets 128
7.7 Middle East Vinyls Market Share 135
8 Asia Pacific Vinyls Markets 136
8.1 Asia Pacific VCM Markets 136
8.1.1 China VCM Markets 138
8.1.2 Japan VCM Markets 142
8.1.3 India VCM Markets 145
8.2 Asia Pacific EDC Markets 149
8.2.1 China EDC Markets 151
8.2.2 Japan EDC Markets 155
8.2.3 India EDC Markets 159
8.3 Asia Pacific Vinyls Markets Share 162
9 Appendix 163
9.1 Methodology 163
9.1.1 Coverage 163
9.1.2 Secondary Research 163
9.1.3 Primary Research 164
9.1.4 Expert Panel Validation 164
9.2 Unit of Measure 164
9.3 Contact Us 164
9.4 About Global Markets Direct 165
9.5 Disclaimer 165
1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: North America VCM Demand and Production, Million Tons, 2000-2020 21
Table 2: United States VCM Demand and Production, Million Tons, 2000-2020 23
Table 3: United States VCM Exports, Million Tons, 2000-2020 24
Table 4: Canada VCM Demand and Production, Million Tons, 2000-2020 26
Table 5: Canada VCM Import and Export, Million Tons, 2000-2020 28
Table 6: North America EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 30
Table 7: United States EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 32
Table 8: United States EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 34
Table 9: Canada EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000- 2020 36
Table 10: South and Central America VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 41
Table 11: Brazil VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 43
Table 12: Brazil VCM Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 45
Table 13: Argentina VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 46
Table 14: Mexico VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 48
Table 15: Mexico VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 50
Table 16: South and Central America EDC Demand and Production ( Million Tons), 2000-2020 52
Table 17: Brazil EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 54
Table 18: Brazil EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 55
Table 19: Argentina EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 57
Table 20: Argentina EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 59
Table 21: Mexico EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 61
Table 22: Mexico EDC Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 63
Table 23: Europe VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 66
Table 24: Germany VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 68
Table 25: Germany VCM Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 70
Table 26: France VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 72
Table 27: France VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 74
Table 28: UK VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 76
Table 29: UK VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 78
Table 30: Spain VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 80
Table 31: Spain VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 82
Table 32: Italy VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 84
Table 33: Italy VCM Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 86
Table 34: Germany EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 89
Table 35: Germany EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 91
Table 36: France EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 93
Table 37: France EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 95
Table 38: UK EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 97
Table 39: UK EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 99
Table 40: Spain EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 101
Table 41: Spain EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 103
Table 42: Italy EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 105
Table 43: Italy EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 107
Table 44: Middle East VCM Demand and production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 111
Table 45: Turkey VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 113
Table 46: Turkey VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 115
Table 47: Iran VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 117
Table 48: Iran VCM Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 119
Table 49: Saudi Arabia VCM Demand and Production ( Million Tons), 2000-2020 121
Table 50: Saudi Arabia VCM Exports (Million Tons), 2000-2020 123
Table 51: Middle East EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 125
Table 52: Turkey EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 127
Table 53: Iran EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 129
Table 54: Iran EDC Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 131
Table 55: Saudi Arabia EDC Demand and Production ( Million Tons), 2000- 2020 133
Table 56: Saudi Arabia EDC Exports (Million Tons), 2000- 2020 134
Table 57: Asia Pacific VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 137
Table 58: China VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 139
Table 59: China VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 141
Table 60: Japan VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 142
Table 61: Japan VCM Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 144
Table 62: India VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 146
Table 63: India VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 148
Table 64: Asia Pacific EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 150
Table 65: China EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 152
Table 66: China EDC Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 154
Table 67: Japan EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 156
Table 68: Japan EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 158
Table 69: India EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 159
Table 70: India EDC Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 161
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Vinyls Value Chain 12
Figure 2: Global VCM Demand by Region, 2008-2020 13
Figure 3: Global EDC Demand by Region, 2008 15
Figure 4: Global Vinyls Market Share, 2008 17
Figure 5: North America VCM Demand by Country, 2008 20
Figure 6: North America VCM Demand and Production, Million Tons, 2000-2020 22
Figure 7: United States VCM Demand and Production, Million Tons, 2000-2020 23
Figure 8: United States VCM and Exports, Million Tons, 2000-2020 25
Figure 9: Canada VCM Demand and Production, Million Tons, 2000-2020 27
Figure 10: Canada VCM Import, Million Tons, 2000-2020 29
Figure 11: North America EDC Demand By Country, 2008-2020 29
Figure 12: North America EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 31
Figure 13: United States EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 33
Figure 14: United States EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 35
Figure 15: Canada EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000- 2020 37
Figure 16: North America Vinyls Markets Share, 2008 37
Figure 17: South and Central America VCM Demand by Country (Million Tons), 2008-2020 40
Figure 18: South and Central America VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 42
Figure 19: Brazil VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 44
Figure 20: Brazil VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 45
Figure 21: Argentina VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 47
Figure 22: Mexico VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 49
Figure 23: Mexico VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 51
Figure 24: South and Central America EDC Demand by Country ( Million Tons), 2008-2020 51
Figure 25: South and Central America EDC Demand and Production ( Million Tons), 2000-2020 53
Figure 26: Brazil EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 54
Figure 27: Brazil EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 56
Figure 28: Argentina EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 58
Figure 29: Argentina EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 60
Figure 30: Mexico EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 62
Figure 31: Mexico EDC Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 64
Figure 32: South and Central America Vinyls Markets share, 2008 64
Figure 33: Europe VCM Demand by Country (Million Tons), 2000-2020 66
Figure 34: Europe VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 67
Figure 35: Germany VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 69
Figure 36: Germany VCM Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 71
Figure 37: France VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 73
Figure 38: France VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 75
Figure 39: UK VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 77
Figure 40: UK VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 79
Figure 41: Spain VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 81
Figure 42: Spain VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 83
Figure 43: Italy VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 85
Figure 44: Italy VCM Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 87
Figure 45: Europe EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 87
Figure 46: Europe EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 88
Figure 47: Germany EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 90
Figure 48: Germany EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 92
Figure 49: France EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 94
Figure 50: France EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 96
Figure 51: UK EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 98
Figure 52: UK EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 100
Figure 53: Spain EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 102
Figure 54: Spain EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 104
Figure 55: Italy EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 106
Figure 56: Italy EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 108
Figure 57: Europe Vinyls Markets Share, 2008 108
Figure 58: Middle East VCM Demand by Country (Million Tons), 2000-2020 110
Figure 59: Middle East VCM Demand and production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 112
Figure 60: Turkey VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 114
Figure 61: Turkey VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 116
Figure 62: Iran VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 118
Figure 63: Iran VCM Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 120
Figure 64: Saudi Arabia VCM Demand and Production ( Million Tons), 2000-2020 122
Figure 65: Saudi Arabia VCM Exports (Million Tons), 2000-2020 124
Figure 66: Middle East EDC Demand by Country (Million Tons), 2000-2020 124
Figure 67: Middle East EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 126
Figure 68: Turkey EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 128
Figure 69: Iran EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 130
Figure 70: Iran EDC Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 132
Figure 71: Saudi Arabia EDC Demand and Production ( Million Tons), 2000- 2020 133
Figure 72: Saudi Arabia EDC Exports (Million Tons), 2000 - 2020 135
Figure 73: Middle East Vinyls Markets Share, 2008 135
Figure 74: Asia Pacific VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 136
Figure 75: Asia Pacific VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 138
Figure 76: China VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 140
Figure 77: China VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 141
Figure 78: Japan VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 143
Figure 79: Japan VCM Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000-2020 145
Figure 80: India VCM Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 147
Figure 81: India VCM Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 149
Figure 82: Asia Pacific EDC Demand by Country (Million Tons), 2000-2020 149
Figure 83: Asia Pacific EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 151
Figure 84: China EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 153
Figure 85: China EDC Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 155
Figure 86: Japan EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 157
Figure 87: Japan EDC Import and Export (Million Tons), 2000- 2020 158
Figure 88: India EDC Demand and Production (Million Tons), 2000-2020 160
Figure 89: India EDC Import (Million Tons), 2000-2020 161
Figure 90: Asia Pacific Vinyls Markets Share, 2008 162