Imports of plastic raw materials grew by 9.0% annually between 2007 and 2020, from 304 kt to 931kt!
Plastic raw material imports of other countries over the past years have developed as follows:
- Algeria: from 304 kt in 2007 to 931 kt in 2020, +306%
- Morocco: from 374 kt in 2007 to 659 kt in 2020, +76%
- Tunisia: from 209 kt in 2007 to 326 kt in 2020, +56%
- Nigeria: from 513 kt in 2007 to 848 kt in 2020, +65%
- Ethiopia: from 54 kt in 2010 to 224 in 2020, +415%
Source: EUROMAP January 2022 / Graph: fairtrade