November 30, 2016 in Berlin as part of the 11 th European Bioplastics Association conference, representing the interests of bioplastics industry data were presented the annual report of the European bioplastics market, which confirm the trend of stable growth of the industry on a global scale. According to Chairman of the Board of European Bioplastics Association, Francois de Bi (Francois de Bie), despite low oil prices, the projected growth of the bioplastics market by 50% in the coming years.

World production capacity for the production of bioplastics will increase from 4.2 million tonnes in 2016 to about 6.1 million tonnes in 2021 Packaging remains the largest area of ​​application of bioplastics in 2016 with the global bioplastics market share of 40% (1.6 million t). The new data confirm a significant increase in the use of bioplastics in the other sectors of the economy, including in the production of consumer goods (22%, 0.9 million tonnes), the automotive industry and transport (14%, 0.6 million tons), construction ( 13% and 0.5 million tons), which uses technical polymers.

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