Sales of Plastics Materials 2010 Japan

Unit:Ton

Commodity		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Quantity
Phenol-formaldehyde resins		20,759	21,130	23,681	23,024	21,651	24,409	23,980	21,453	23,718	23,314	23,921	23,098	274,138
	Molding materials	2,686	2,738	3,121	2,787	2,548	3,027	2,874	2,509	2,705	2,668	2,685	2,704	33,052
	Laminates	681	603	602	617	575	671	685	629	670	713	726	719	7,891
	For lumber manufacturing adhesives	8,142	8,459	9,422	9,455	9,090	10,005	9,816	9,169	9,923	10,009	9,951	9,506	112,947
	For others	9,250	9,330	10,536	10,165	9,438	10,706	10,605	9,146	10,420	9,924	10,559	10,169	120,248
Urea-formaldehyde resins		5,436	5,565	5,144	5,049	5,092	5,042	5,202	5,044	5,810	5,765	5,915	5,216	64,280
	For adhesive	5,240	5,370	4,898	4,787	4,907	4,844	4,969	4,851	5,592	5,542	5,716	5,031	61,747
	For others	196	195	246	262	185	198	233	193	218	223	199	185	2,533
Melamine-formaldehyde resins		6,321	6,637	7,459	6,820	6,540	7,188	7,314	6,768	7,532	7,620	7,632	7,250	85,081
	For decorative laminating	219	257	285	213	172	204	224	226	264	234	240	225	2,763
	For coating	1,366	1,439	1,516	1,597	1,448	1,754	1,631	1,476	1,555	1,529	1,587	1,567	18,465
	For adhesives	3,975	4,140	4,718	4,169	4,157	4,387	4,601	4,267	4,859	4,933	4,998	4,597	53,801
	For others	761	801	940	841	763	843	858	799	854	924	807	861	10,052
Unsaturated polyester resins		8,539	8,448	8,912	8,074	7,329	8,395	8,467	7,518	9,258	8,174	9,294	8,414	100,822
	For fiber glass reinforced plastics	5,960	5,969	6,189	5,578	5,260	5,845	6,066	5,534	6,888	5,880	6,729	6,232	72,130
	For others	2,579	2,479	2,723	2,496	2,069	2,550	2,401	1,984	2,370	2,294	2,565	2,182	28,692
Alkyd resins		3,363	3,495	3,808	3,753	3,731	3,984	3,919	3,381	3,901	3,943	3,842	3,611	44,731
Epoxy resins		15,730	15,261	17,192	16,600	16,602	15,971	17,428	15,278	16,380	16,483	17,566	15,659	196,150
Polyurethane foam		14,176	14,504	16,528	14,554	13,314	15,907	16,644	13,906	16,614	15,576	16,951	16,356	185,030
	Flexible foam	10,418	11,499	12,521	10,518	9,858	11,340	11,608	9,492	11,589	10,394	11,093	10,620	130,950
	Rigid foam	3,758	3,005	4,007	4,036	3,456	4,567	5,036	4,414	5,025	5,182	5,858	5,736	54,080
Thermosetting Resin (Total)		74,324	75,040	82,724	77,874	74,259	80,896	82,954	73,348	83,213	80,875	85,121	79,604	950,232
Polyethylene		255,022	231,074	261,941	259,757	231,398	244,972	253,335	230,237	266,298	251,645	265,970	281,531	3,033,180
	Low-density	148,479	124,976	150,794	152,717	134,946	141,766	142,828	133,589	149,771	146,218	151,991	161,121	1,739,196
	Hight-density	89,125	85,539	92,145	85,215	77,185	80,411	93,513	79,845	96,092	82,404	91,874	97,982	1,051,330
	Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers	17,418	20,559	19,002	21,825	19,267	22,795	16,994	16,803	20,435	23,023	22,105	22,428	242,654
Polystyrene		63,444	66,234	77,994	74,663	60,389	63,715	66,267	59,931	68,143	67,335	69,398	69,714	807,227
	Molding materials	55,553	58,086	68,260	64,698	51,984	54,104	56,385	50,521	57,884	57,242	58,696	58,182	691,595
	Foamed polystyrene	7,891	8,148	9,734	9,965	8,405	9,611	9,882	9,410	10,259	10,093	10,702	11,532	115,632
Styrene-acrylonitrile		8,719	8,027	6,595	7,475	8,852	8,439	8,713	8,543	8,874	5,245	8,066	7,879	95,427
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene		34,293	34,792	37,578	35,357	31,096	32,855	36,430	31,713	34,092	33,887	35,234	34,008	411,335
Polypropylene		213,164	240,053	255,988	218,947	192,707	193,972	220,129	219,087	230,583	211,659	237,408	232,599	2,666,296
Petroleum resins		9,469	10,101	11,568	9,609	9,931	9,602	10,253	9,086	11,289	10,747	11,346	11,388	124,389
Methacrylic resins		14,567	15,086	16,979	16,030	15,600	15,686	16,049	15,159	16,202	14,064	13,823	15,519	184,764
	Molding materials	8,977	10,337	11,404	10,757	10,354	9,832	10,681	10,949	10,712	9,920	9,837	11,533	125,293
	For othars	5,590	4,749	5,575	5,273	5,246	5,854	5,368	4,210	5,490	4,144	3,986	3,986	59,471
Polyvinyl alcohol		15,278	16,443	17,795	16,349	16,036	15,726	13,814	14,485	14,217	14,461	15,644	16,471	186,719
Polyvinyl chloride		157,901	150,091	160,738	137,003	130,858	137,246	139,811	136,342	156,601	146,513	152,273	139,188	1,744,565
	Polymer	140,815	133,225	143,107	119,330	114,597	120,111	122,227	121,118	138,200	128,268	133,248	122,121	1,536,367
	Copolymer	4,933	5,204	5,426	5,775	5,302	5,810	5,817	5,413	6,177	5,859	6,612	6,274	68,602
	Paste resin	12,153	11,662	12,205	11,898	10,959	11,325	11,767	9,811	12,224	12,386	12,413	10,793	139,596
Polyvinylidene chloride*		3,768	3,765	3,708	2,862	3,539	4,097	‚˜	‚˜	‚˜	‚˜	‚˜	‚˜	‚˜
Polyamide resins		19,757	19,067	22,096	19,282	22,837	19,674	19,191	17,791	18,870	18,890	18,796	18,084	234,335
Fluorocarbon resins		1,884	2,110	2,373	2,445	2,171	2,155	2,194	2,435	2,549	2,273	2,390	2,451	27,430
Polycarbonate		28,710	25,054	27,713	25,862	26,895	30,020	28,544	25,363	27,944	29,991	29,569	27,976	333,641
Polyacetal resins		11,586	11,041	11,377	11,659	10,694	12,770	14,090	12,295	14,098	8,698	10,151	12,642	141,101
Polyethylene terephthalate		32,738	30,793	38,125	38,520	43,034	44,127	50,489	41,135	47,957	38,511	37,137	34,553	477,119
	For bottle	11,321	9,988	14,100	16,708	18,255	22,225	26,043	22,516	23,619	19,245	17,955	13,505	215,480
	For others	21,417	20,805	24,025	21,812	24,779	21,902	24,446	18,619	24,338	19,266	19,182	21,048	261,639
Polybutyene terephtalate		13,798	13,125	14,881	14,066	13,121	14,151	13,802	12,456	13,477	8,630	10,432	12,783	154,722
Modified polyphenylene ether		4,073	4,037	4,251	4,611	3,615	4,099	4,227	3,773	3,777	4,288	3,604	3,743	48,098
Thermoplastic resin (Total)		888,171	880,893	971,700	894,497	822,773	853,306	897,338	839,831	934,971	866,837	921,241	920,529	10,670,348
Other resins (1)		9,883	45,076	12,772	12,091	9,182	11,909	11,561	11,369	10,505	11,054	11,449	11,587	168,438
Grand total		968,610	997,244	1,063,488	981,600	902,675	942,014	991,853	924,548	1,028,689	958,766	1,017,811	1,011,720	11,789,018

* Not open 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.