Production of Plastics Materials 2008 Japan

Unit:Ton

Commodity		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Quantity
Phenol-formaldehyde resins		22,499	24,408	24,967	25,530	23,556	25,696	26,201	21,724	26,242	26,399	22,894	17,588	287,704
	Molding materials	2,954	3,108	2,971	3,229	2,635	3,151	3,314	2,467	2,974	2,873	2,428	1,771	33,875
	Laminates	1,625	1,673	1,657	1,299	1,247	1,087	1,307	1,186	1,406	1,426	1,216	991	16,120
	For lumber manufacturing adhesives	6,857	6,784	7,029	7,732	8,069	8,446	8,457	7,738	9,306	9,533	8,803	7,398	96,152
	For others	11,063	12,843	13,310	13,270	11,605	13,012	13,123	10,333	12,556	12,567	10,447	7,428	141,557
Urea-formaldehyde resins		8,312	7,973	7,840	7,883	7,244	7,470	8,084	7,176	7,972	8,605	7,889	7,324	93,772
	For adhesive	7,756	7,300	7,191	7,207	6,709	6,723	7,390	6,728	7,409	7,977	7,351	6,891	86,632
	For others	556	673	649	676	535	747	694	448	563	628	538	433	7,140
Melamine-formaldehyde resins		10,106	10,141	10,563	8,426	9,060	8,916	9,566	8,250	10,093	9,861	8,251	7,332	110,565
	For decorative laminating	233	260	278	217	194	200	200	177	226	234	207	219	2,645
	For coating	2,077	2,041	2,191	1,221	1,194	1,081	1,343	1,123	2,444	2,075	1,268	948	19,006
	For adhesives	7,158	7,179	7,336	6,295	6,772	6,568	6,966	6,107	6,307	6,439	5,831	5,263	78,221
	For others	638	661	758	693	900	1,067	1,057	843	1,116	1,113	945	902	10,693
Unsaturated polyester resins		12,015	13,167	12,851	12,301	11,299	12,632	14,102	9,663	14,046	13,273	12,588	11,252	149,189
	For fiber glass reinforced plastics	8,097	8,444	8,571	7,993	7,187	8,107	9,016	6,967	9,421	8,726	8,355	7,224	98,108
	For others	3,918	4,723	4,280	4,308	4,112	4,525	5,086	2,696	4,625	4,547	4,233	4,028	51,081
Alkyd resins		6,299	6,694	7,089	7,432	6,312	7,127	7,847	6,522	7,926	7,068	6,253	5,229	81,798
Epoxy resins		19,748	20,195	20,190	20,906	18,662	18,300	20,546	17,976	15,524	19,116	14,390	8,694	214,247
Polyurethane foam		18,691	20,114	19,277	18,029	17,724	19,270	21,077	15,926	20,163	19,594	16,776	14,984	221,625
	Flexible foam	11,903	13,116	13,008	11,539	11,326	12,344	13,377	9,811	12,679	12,406	10,479	9,028	141,016
	Rigid foam	6,788	6,998	6,269	6,490	6,398	6,926	7,700	6,115	7,484	7,188	6,297	5,956	80,609
Thermosetting Resin (Total)		97,670	102,692	102,777	100,507	93,857	99,411	107,423	87,237	101,966	103,916	89,041	72,403	1,158,900
Polyethylene		286,680	274,821	266,426	244,077	280,305	257,307	255,807	258,601	249,818	238,653	242,958	233,056	3,088,509
	Low-density	165,055	158,586	158,196	160,704	167,240	149,524	151,385	151,425	138,453	139,603	147,319	130,816	1,818,306
	Hight-density	101,220	102,587	84,740	68,614	92,986	87,681	87,704	88,672	92,310	82,051	79,424	84,139	1,052,128
	Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers	20,405	13,648	23,490	14,759	20,079	20,102	16,718	18,504	19,055	16,999	16,215	18,101	218,075
Polystyrene		86,741	87,495	87,621	87,716	79,589	77,380	85,457	83,727	79,838	76,665	74,190	65,838	972,257
	Molding materials	74,952	75,805	75,825	74,585	68,223	62,711	71,753	73,007	68,280	65,627	63,068	54,926	828,762
	Foamed polystyrene	11,789	11,690	11,796	13,131	11,366	14,669	13,704	10,720	11,558	11,038	11,122	10,912	143,495
Styrene-acrylonitrile		10,754	11,178	8,350	11,291	9,065	12,703	12,674	11,608	11,640	5,305	10,211	11,479	126,258
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene		48,064	48,576	44,902	44,962	37,819	36,083	44,090	44,713	41,073	38,908	39,381	26,694	495,265
Polypropylene		264,876	254,862	260,833	256,926	246,497	206,515	209,564	243,707	236,081	236,358	235,629	217,272	2,869,120
Petroleum resins		12,850	12,120	7,871	9,726	12,283	10,423	11,454	11,483	9,057	9,157	9,250	5,640	121,314
Methacrylic resins		21,153	20,875	21,174	19,230	18,467	17,353	20,229	17,624	18,425	21,059	12,939	10,830	219,358
	Molding materials	14,214	13,934	14,678	13,753	11,988	10,535	13,105	12,251	11,169	13,166	7,957	6,513	143,263
	For othars	6,939	6,941	6,496	5,477	6,479	6,818	7,124	5,373	7,256	7,893	4,982	4,317	76,095
Polyvinyl alcohol		20,585	19,361	20,200	15,218	18,610	19,060	16,423	19,326	18,351	12,534	17,298	18,160	215,126
Polyvinyl chloride		175,467	172,765	150,038	150,031	150,827	141,106	137,619	144,013	158,809	151,017	136,138	129,607	1,797,437
	Polymer	156,040	153,597	134,427	133,294	134,788	122,514	121,234	126,038	140,441	132,757	118,861	113,808	1,587,799
	Copolymer	5,129	6,240	5,229	5,711	4,894	6,697	4,570	6,047	5,396	4,435	4,716	5,475	64,539
	Paste resin	14,298	12,928	10,382	11,026	11,145	11,895	11,815	11,928	12,972	13,825	12,561	10,324	145,099
Polyvinylidene chloride		7,543	6,546	7,292	4,932	3,822	4,674	6,867	6,483	6,134	6,891	6,380	6,359	73,923
Polyamide resins		25,352	24,230	25,882	24,111	21,536	23,522	25,678	23,738	23,745	20,195	19,410	19,511	276,910
Fluorocarbon resins		2,708	2,468	2,374	2,651	2,003	2,186	3,072	2,486	2,947	2,616	2,042	1,723	29,276
Polycarbonate		37,504	31,744	31,242	22,841	29,044	29,256	24,546	24,259	27,616	30,517	30,848	28,046	347,463
Polyacetal resins		13,802	12,683	12,322	11,475	14,065	13,566	13,200	13,201	12,088	10,167	6,078	8,422	141,069
Polyethylene terephthalate		54,615	54,017	43,550	70,134	71,432	63,102	60,521	58,519	48,959	54,821	53,124	51,845	684,639
	For bottle	20,871	20,712	10,771	29,218	34,498	28,154	24,222	22,359	16,219	23,394	23,784	24,478	278,680
	For others	33,744	33,305	32,779	40,916	36,934	34,948	36,299	36,160	32,740	31,427	29,340	27,367	405,959
Polybutyene terephtalate		19,474	17,748	18,157	18,654	17,393	14,980	19,536	19,069	18,195	10,468	11,053	12,350	197,077
Modified polyphenylene ether		4,356	4,311	3,721	3,990	3,047	3,237	4,728	2,456	3,929	3,344	2,200	1,988	41,307
Thermoplastic resin (Total)		1,092,524	1,055,800	1,011,955	997,965	1,015,804	932,453	951,465	985,013	966,705	928,675	909,129	848,820	11,696,308
Other resins (1)		18,545	17,159	18,204	17,422	15,609	11,824	15,821	14,420	13,859	16,261	14,126	12,943	186,193
Grand total		1,208,739	1,175,651	1,132,936	1,115,894	1,125,270	1,043,688	1,074,709	1,086,670	1,082,530	1,048,852	1,012,296	934,166	13,041,401

Note 1) Other resins include acetyl cellulose,polyvinyl formal,polyvinyl butyral,furan resin,acetyl cellulose plastic,nitrocellulose,sheet celluloid(newly produced)and adhesives containing protein.