Consumption statistics of U-PVC pipes (number of visits: 17876)
The current age is called the age of polymers and every day we see the wider presence of these materials in the daily life of people. Meanwhile, PVC is the second most used plastic in the world, and its global consumption today is about 34 million tons per year. The global demand growth of this polymer is 4%.
The main applications of PVC and the percentages of each are shown in the figure. As it can be seen, the most important use of PVC is pipes, where 26% of U-PVC produced is consumed in this application, which means that more than 9 million tons of PVC are used to produce all kinds of pipes annually.
