26-Jul-19 Global ethylene market will register a CAGR of 3.8% by 2023, as per 360marketupdates.com. Emergence of bio-ethylene will drive market growth. One of the major drivers of the global ethylene market is the increasing demand for packaging materials from the food and beverages industry and other industries such as consumer goods, electronics, and pharmaceuticals. LDPE and LLDPE will see robust growth as they are extensively used in flexible packaging, particularly of food and beverages, consumer products and medical products. Environmental concerns regarding the use of plastic packaging for various applications will be a serious challenge to the global ethylene market. Ethylene is widely used in the packaging sector, and bans which imposed on plastic products can hamper the production of ethylene during the forecast period.
The global ethylene market is predicted to surpass US$ 230 billion by 2025, buoyed by rampant capacity expansion by major players, as per coherentmarketinsights.com. Polyethylene is estimated to be the largest derivative segment and has accounted for over 60% in the global ethylene market. Polyethylene is used in the manufacturing of various key derivatives, namely, high density polyethylene (HDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), crosslinked polyethylene (PEX), and many more. LDPE and LLDPE are mainly used into various film applications includes food packaging, non-food packaging, shrink films, elastic films, and other uses. HDPE is highly used in blow molding and injection molding applications, namely, drums, containers, household goods, pallets and caps. HDPE is also used in extruded pipes for transporting gas, water and irrigation, as films in carrier bags, refuse sacks and industrial liner.
Capacity additions in the Asia-Pacific, North America, and Middle East regions is leading to the significant growth in the global ethylene market in terms of volume. During 2014-2020, North America Ethylene capacity will increase up to 45 million metric tons due to its low cost ethane feedstock. In India, Reliance Industries is slated for major capacity expansion in Jamnagar 3 project leading to increase in their ethylene capacity to 3.2 MMT from 1.9 MMT. The ethylene capacity in India for fiscal year 2016-17 is projected at 4.8 MMT which includes Reliance J3 expansion as well as ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPAL) having commissioned its mega petrochemical complex at Dahej. The total ethylene capacity in India is projected to be 7.2 MMT during 2017-18
Asia Pacific is expected to dominate the market in 2016 and the trend is expected to remain the same during 2017-2025. The increasing demand of ethylene derivatives in various end-use industries such as packaging, automobile, and construction industry, and continuous capacity addition of ethanol in China and India over following years are the major driving force to position Asia-Pacific as the largest and fastest-growing region in the global ethylene market. Moreover, North America is expected to experience a second highest CAGR of 5.6% in terms of volume, during the forecast period. This is due to the shale gas boom in the country is leading to the huge growth in the natural gas production which in turn is allowing North America for the huge capacity addition in the following years.
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