The Total World Market

In 2002, total world consumption of engineering and high performance plastics is estimated at 

The downturn in world economic growth and collapse of the IT/telecom sectors led to a reduction in demand for engineering and high performanee plastics in 2001. World consumption fell by 6% from just over 11,000,000 tonnes in 2000 to 10,400,000 tonnes in 2001. Demand recovered slightly in 2002, although total world eonsumption remains below the 2000 level. 

The most widely used engineering plastic is ABS with total world consumption of 4,667,000 tonnes in 2002. Polyamide is the second largest category with total consumption of 1,950,000 tonnes, followed by polycarbonate with 1,714,000 tonnes. Acrylics, polyacetal and PBT are also well-established and high volume engineering plastics. 

PPO/PPE blends are the most widely used of the high performance plastics with market tonnage of 

000 tonnes in 2002. It should be noted however that this figure represents PPO/PPE compounds with other pol5miers such as polystyrene and polyamide, which vastly overstates the actual PPO/PPE resin content. 

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Although a tremendous number of fermentation processes have been researched and developed to various extents, only a couple of hundred ate used commercially. Fermentation industries have continued to expand in terms of the number of new products on the market, the total volume (capacity), and the total sales value of the products. The early 1990s U.S. market for fermentation products was estimated to be in the 9-10 x 10 range. The total world market is probably three times that figure, and antibiotics continue to comprise a primary share of the industry. Other principal product categories are enzymes, several organic acids, baker s yeast, ethanol (qv), vitamins (qv), and steroid hormones (qv). 

Economic Aspects. The total world market for PET botde resia is growing at a rapid rate. One survey iadicates that the aimual growth rate worldwide exceeded 15% per annum over the years 1990—1995. Another article (124) states that the global consumption of PET grew at 19% duriag 1992 to a world total of 1,720,000 t. Much of this growth is due to the demand for PET bottle resia. Table 1 shows the world PET consumption by end use ia 1992. 

Since its development in cosmetics in the 1940s, thioglycolic acid has become a widespread thiochemical, used all over the world as the acid or in the form of its salts or esters. Because of the several derivatives of thioglycolic acid used, the market size for this chemical is often expressed in terms of thioglycolic acid equivalents. In 1994 the total world market was estimated at around 15,000 to 20,000 metric tons of thioglycolic acid equivalents. Some mercaptocarboxyhc acid and esters available are compiled in Table 2. 

The total world market for the use of ionophores for feed efficiency improvement in mminants is approximately 80— 90 million. The United States is the largest market. Lasalocid and monensin are the only members of this class cleared for use. Outside the United States, salinomycin is used in limited quantities. Worldwide usage is about 1.5 million kg. 

The total world market for flame retardants is estimated at just under 1 million tonnes per year (Roskill Information Services, 1997). 

The total world market for liquid crystal polymers has been estimated [32] to be 6 million pounds with a possibility for growth in excess of 13% annually over the next 10-year period. 

Recovered sulfur sources in Middle East countries have also been developed recently. Most important of these is the Saudi Arabian gas recovery program at Berri, Shedgum and Uthmaniyah which will initially add some 4,000 tons/d to recovered sulfur production. This additional 1.5 million tons/annum of recovered sulfur will further enhance the growing dominance of recovered sulfur in the total world market picture. 

The largest market for pesticides as of 1993 was the United States. It represents 34% of the total world market, which has been estimated at over 25 billion. The retail value of pesticide sales in the United States for 1993 was well over 8 billion (see Table 1.1 and Figures 1.1 and 1.2). 

If the products are grouped according to the therapy classes, the top ten pharmaceuticals accounted for 31 percent of the total world market in 2002. Cholesterol and triglyceride reducers, antipsychotics, oral antidiahetics, and erythropoietins are growing fastest, with antipsychotics and oral antidiahetics sales each up to 30 percent (Table 10.2) [2a]. 

The top ten best-selling drugs worldwide accounted for sales of US 44.7 billion in 2002. Within the total world market, Lipitor was the top-selling drug in 2002, with US 8.6 billion in sales, compared with US 5.4 billion in 2000 (Table 10.3) [2]. 

The total value of medicine sold comprises approximately 1 percent of the total world market (80 percent of the volume of medicine purchased by the State represents only 20 percent in sales). When the use of generic medicines by the State is taken into account, the generic market is large. 

Glaxo, a British pharmaceutical company, estimates the total world market and the share of each country in its annual report. Glaxo bases its estimates on data from IMS International and... 

In 1995 over 1.7 billion worth of glyphosate was sold. (The total world market for herbicides is estimated to be 14 billion.) This herbicide thus makes up more than 12% of the herbicide market. It has been more than 30 years since the phytotoxic properties of glyphosate were first described, and it is still an herbicide with great unexploited potential through the use of genetically engineered crop plants resistant to it. Whether such techniques are ethically acceptable and favorable for the chemical environment and biodiversity is another question. The debate about this will probably continue for another decade or so. 

The EU currendy declares approximately 320.000 tons of active substances sold per year. This amount represents 25% of the total world market of PPPs. The most sold products are fungicides (43%), followed by herbicides (36%), insecticides (12%) and other pesticides (9%). 

In 1996 the top ten paint companies accounted for about 60% of the total world market, by the year 2000 they could well account for more. This development is expected because of permanent streamlining of activities by larger companies through selective acquisitions and/or divestments. 

By the mid-1950s, thermoformed blister packages and food containers of polystyrene were found in most grocery stores. In 1962, approximately 77,000 t of plastic was thermoformed in the United States. By 1998, approximately 2.9 million metric tons of plastic were thermoformed in North America (6) (Fig. 1). This is a sustained annual growth rate of about 10% over nearly four decades. An additional 4.55 million metric tons are thermoformed worldwide. The total world market is estimated to have a value of about US 35,000 million. 

Medical equipment was the one stagnant area of RCC s business. By 1980 the total world market for BTUs was estimated to be about 40 million a year. Growth was expected to be slow because of competition from accelerators, which were generating... 

The total world market for cyanocobalamin is estimated about 600 kilograms a year. The USP-grade vitamin B12 is selling for 10-15 a gram. The major producers include Merck (U.S.), Rhone-Poulenc, Roussel (France), Glaxo (England), Farmitalia (Italy), Chinoin, and Richter (Hungary). 

The total world market for f. in 1983 was estimated at 270000 mt. This is a strong increase from 120000 mt in 1971. The growth rate remains strong in 1990, the US market alone was estimated to be at 280000 mt. 

It is estimated that the total world market for filtration and sedimentation equipment in 2(X)7 will be in the region of US 38 billions, expanding at a rate comfortably in excess of that of the global economy. The business is dominated by liquid processing, which makes up about 84% of the world market, and similarly by clarification duties, which are close to 70% of the market - so that the contamination removal process, the prime topic of this book, represents more than two-thirds of the business of filtration and sedimentation. 

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