Plastic film imports have been growing at a rapid pace over the past ten years and polyethylene (PE) film is by far the most popular type of film.

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Plastic film imports in Nigeria
Plastic film imports have been growing at a rapid pace over the past ten
years and polyethylene (PE) filmis by far the mostpopular type of film.
Plastic filmimports inNigeria
(2008 – 2017, in thousand(‘000) tons)
132 130
146
182
190
233 229 231
213
247
-
50
100
150
200
250
300
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Millionen
Plasticfilm=Total of: PP (HS 392020),PE (HS 392010),
PET (HS 392062), PA (HS 392092),PVC (HS 392112)
Plastic film imports in Nigeria by type
(2017, in tons)
137,2
64,7
27,1
16,8
1,5
-
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PE PP PET PVC PA
Millionen
Source:UNComtrade(2019)