* Sales and captive use.
Includes low density polyethylene, linear low-density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, expandable polystyrene, and polyvinyl chloride. The combined total weight of the sales and captive use of all of these thermoplastic resins amounted to 84,645 million pounds in 2018.
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U.S. distribution of thermoplastic resin sales by major markets 2019
This statistic shows the distribution of sales and captive use of thermoplastic resins in the United States in 2019, by major markets. In that year, the packaging market accounted for a ** percent share of the sales and captive use of thermoplastic resins in the United States.
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