Global plastics production falls for first time since 2008

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PARIS - Global plastics production declined in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, only the third time since World War II that output has fallen, an industry body said Thursday.

Output has fallen only twice previously, as a result of the oil crisis in 1973 and during the financial crisis in 2008.

The drop was due to "the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy", PlasticsEurope said in a statement. In Europe, production of new plastics was down 5.1 percent at 55 million tons last year, PlasticsEurope said.

 

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