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At the same time, there were hurdles. That hurtthe industry. And so when the market fluctuates, they aredirectly affected. In , for instance, the value of worldplastics export was US billion. If, in earlier times, the industry faced roadblockssuch as a conservative import-export policy regime, or a problem of quality control,then as the twenty-first century progressed, it was simply swept aside by the Asianjuggernaut China.

As China aggressively began to increase its market share — inpolymer-making and processing, in successfully inviting the developed world toset up manufacturing facilities, and indeed in cornering the global trade in plasticsHistoricallythe industryhas beenfragmented,with noconsistencyin scalegood news from indiawaste and recycled waste — the slice of the global plastics market pie available toIndia became thinner. As each country stepped up its efforts to makegains out of an increasingly globalised world, operating in the global plastics marketbecame a complex, many-layered phenomenon.

Moreover, historically Indian industry has been quite fragmented, with noconsistency in scale. On the one hand, there are corporate entities such as Finolex,able to produce 90, metric tonnes of pipes each year, and Plastibends India Ltd,renowned as a pioneer of masterbatch manufacture.

On the other, there are severalsmall-scale companies with varying degrees of efficiency and capacity. In thiscontext, perhaps the biggest challenge the industry faced, and still faces, is the lowper capita consumption of plastics in the country. From to , the consumption of plastic polymers grew at a compoundannual growth rate CAGR of 15 percent, from 4. In , the plastics processing sub-sector turnover was INR billion. Raw material produced was 5.

In , the industryexperienced, to their joy, a strong off-take from the packaging, automotive andinfrastructure sectors. In , such export was worth almost US 8 billion. A review of the Indian plastics industry by the British Plastics FederationEUR65 BPF stated that the growth rate of the industry is one of the highest in the world,with domestic plastics consumption growing at 16 percent, compared to 10 percentin China and around 2.

With a growing middle class,estimated at 50 million, and a low per capita consumption of plastics 8 kg per headin , this trend is likely to continue. The Plastindia Foundation estimated that annual plastics consumption in IndiaCHN38was likely to reach 16 kg per capita by Polypropylene, according to Reliance as quoted byBPF, would account for the largest growth at 18 percent with consumption growingfrom 2. Today, the industry is upbeat, and from the market point-of-view the optimism isjustified.

The approximate size of the industry, according to ibef. Yet percent of the sector remains small-scale. There is muchscope here to reduce this inconsistency. What is certain, though, is the variety. A good indication is indiaplasticdirectory.

Entities making additives and chemicals: Those making automobile plasticparts: Bottles: Bags, film and lay flat tubing: Heaters and coolers: Brushes and brooms: Gift novelty items: Nylon products: Merely compare the number that make PE orpolyethylene 27 , PP or polypropylene 31 and polyurethane And plastics raw materialsproducers e. Resins and allied products are the preferred niche of entities. Ten entities are invested in polycarbonate products. Plastic pipes, hoses and pipe fittings: Plastic buckets PET bottles: 78At least two plastics-making ways are popular: produce various injectionmoulded articles.

Blow-moulded articles, variously made: The industry has obviously been shifting contours, as more and more usesof plastics have emerged. There is a healthy catering to sectors of the economynow comfortably travelling on the plastics bandwagon. Engineering plastics products: Thosemaking household articles: Composites seem a marginal attraction: only 74entities are making fibreglass products. Plasticsconsumption byApplicationentities are dedicated to making single-use plastics. Those into plastics recycling and re-processing?

A paltry ! Medical and surgical equipment: Packagingmachinery: Such a luxury is no longer affordable. Accordingto bir. According to a research article in the journal Science Advances, of the8. Thus, there is at least one similarity between India and the rest of the worldtoday: the realisation that post-use plastics simply cannot be ignored. It isunprecedented, and a challenge that could become formidable.

Plastic waste management is a critical element of the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan. To enable effective implementation, the policy architecture at the national level has also been amended. In , assigned ISBNs changed from 10 digits to On most books, the ISBN number can be found on the back cover, next to the barcode.

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