Brazil's plastics trade (By Sylodium Import-Export directory)

Brazil had a $1.65-billion trade deficit in plastic products during the eight months ended August 2013, according to the latest figures released by Abiplast (São Paulo), the country's plastic industry association.

Producers of polyolefins outside Brazil, especially in the US, used their lower production costs to increase their share of a fast growing market. Imports into Brazil increased 23.6% to US$1.85bn from US$1.5bn, while Brazilian exports fell 17.2% to US$1.24bn from US$1.49bn in the same period last year.

Imports of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) increased 33.4% to US$141mn. Exports dropped 14.5% to US$217mn. The largest exporter of LDPE to Brazil was the US. Imports of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), 45% of which came from the US, increased 22.8% to US$387mn, while imports of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), 46% of which originated in the US, were up 23.2% to US$312mn.

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