Contents
1. Outlook of Demand for PS(1) Demand and Supply of PS…02㻌 㻌 㻌 㻌 (2) Capacity of SM and PS in 2015
(3) Trend of PS by Use㻌 㻌 㻌 㻌 (4) Market of PS by Use(2015)㻌 㻌 㻌 㻌 (5) Reference:
Comparison of the Market of PS by Use…03,04…05…06

2. Japan’s Plastics Flow Chart
3.㻌 Conclusions
4. Topic…09-10JSIA…07-08…11-13…141

1. Outlook of Demand for PS
Unit: 1,000t(1) Demand and Supply of PS㻝㻘㻢㻜㻜㻯㼍㼜㼍㼏㼕㼠㼥㻼㼞㼛㼐㼡㼏㼠㼕㼛㼚㻰㼛㼙㼑㼟㼠㼕㼏㻌㻰㼑㼙㼍㼚㼐㻝㻘㻠㻜㻜㻝㻘㻞㻜㻜㻝㻘㻜㻜㻜㻤㻜㻜㻢㻜㻜㻝㻥㻥㻜㻌㻌1990㻌㻝㻥㻥㻟1996㻌㻝㻥㻥㻢1999㻌㻝㻥㻥㻥2006㻌

2007㻌㻞㻜㻜㻞2008㻌㻞㻜㻜㻡2009㻌2010㻌㻞㻜㻜㻤2011㻌㻞㻜㻝㻝2012㻌

㻞㻜㻝㻠2013㻌

2014㻌

2015㻌

Capacity㻌

1,106 㻌1,559 㻌1,227 㻌1,016 㻌1,016 㻌1,016 㻌

906 㻌

854 㻌

861 㻌

861 㻌

818 㻌

816 㻌

816 㻌

Production㻌

1,163 㻌1,272 㻌1,148 㻌

906 㻌

892 㻌

817 㻌689 㻌

703 㻌

674 㻌

633 㻌

658 㻌

652 㻌

674 㻌

Export㻌130 㻌

279 㻌143 㻌

22 㻌

44 㻌

37 㻌

32 㻌

28 㻌

22 㻌

19 㻌

22 㻌

22 㻌

23 㻌

Import㻌

26 㻌

19 㻌

36 㻌

31 㻌

18 㻌

25 㻌

30 㻌

50 㻌64 㻌

87 㻌

58 㻌

55 㻌

41 㻌

Domestic
Demand㻌

1,054 㻌1,007 㻌

1,020 㻌876 㻌863 㻌768 㻌687 㻌688 㻌649 㻌622 㻌629 㻌626 㻌636 㻌*Domestic demand does not include imports.

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1. Outlook of Demand for PS(2) Capacity of PS in 2015

Unit: 1,000t

CompanyCapacity

DIC Corporation

171

Toyo Styrene Co., Ltd.

330

PS Japan Corporation

315

Total

816

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1. Outlook of Demand for PS(3) Capacity of SM in 2015

Unit: 1,000t

CompanyCapacity

ASAHI KASEI Corporation
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

678
550

NS Styrene Monomer Co., Ltd.

422

TAIYO OIL Co., Ltd.

335

Denka Co., Ltd.

270

Total

2,255

May/2015 Nihon Oxiran S/D (412)
Feb./2016 ASAHI KASEI S/D (320)

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1. Outlook of Demand for PS
Unit: 1,000t(4) Trend of PS by Use㻝㻘㻠㻜㻜
Export㻝㻘㻞㻜㻜㻝㻞㻥㻚㻤㻌㻌

Sundries & Styrene board㻞㻣㻥㻚㻡㻌㻌㻝㻠㻞㻚㻡㻌㻌

Packaging㻝㻘㻜㻜㻜㻞㻠㻜㻚㻝㻌㻌㻞㻠㻟㻚㻣㻌㻌㻞㻞㻜㻚㻠㻌㻌㻝㻜㻜㻜㼠㻌㻤㻜㻜㻢㻜㻜㻠㻝㻚㻠㻌㻌㻞㻥㻚㻢㻌㻌㻞㻟㻟㻚㻠㻌㻌㻞㻝㻚㻢㻌㻌 㻠㻟㻚㻢㻌㻌㻞㻜㻤㻚㻥㻌㻌 㻞㻜㻡㻚㻥㻌㻌 㻝㻢㻞㻚㻟㻌㻌㻠㻥㻝㻚㻢㻌㻌 㻡㻟㻠㻚㻢㻌㻌㻞㻜㻜㻡㻜㻝㻚㻠㻌㻌 㻠㻣㻣㻚㻞㻌㻌 㻠㻤㻜㻚㻣㻌㻌 㻠㻥㻣㻚㻥㻌㻌㻠㻡㻤㻚㻠㻌㻌㻠㻜㻣㻚㻜㻌㻌㻞㻣㻝㻚㻡㻌㻌 㻞㻢㻠㻚㻥㻌㻌㻜㻟㻣㻚㻟㻌㻌㻝㻟㻟㻚㻞㻌㻌 㻟㻞㻚㻜㻌㻌 㻞㻤㻚㻞㻌㻌㻞㻞㻚㻞㻌㻌 㻞㻞㻚㻡㻌㻌㻞㻞㻚㻡㻌㻌 㻝㻥㻚㻝㻌㻌 㻞㻝㻚㻣㻌㻌㻥㻣㻚㻟㻌㻌㻝㻞㻜㻚㻞㻌㻌㻝㻜㻞㻚㻤㻌㻌㻝㻜㻞㻚㻠㻌㻌 㻝㻞㻜㻚㻞㻌㻌 㻝㻞㻡㻚㻝㻌㻌 㻝㻞㻥㻚㻠㻌㻌㻠㻜㻢㻚㻣㻌㻌㻠㻜㻜

E&E appliances㻝㻤㻟㻚㻞㻌㻌 㻝㻣㻤㻚㻢㻌㻌 㻝㻤㻤㻚㻥㻌㻌 㻞㻜㻞㻚㻡㻌㻌 㻝㻣㻢㻚㻤㻌㻌㻠㻟㻞㻚㻡㻌㻌 㻠㻠㻢㻚㻢㻌㻌 㻠㻟㻞㻚㻞㻌㻌㻠㻞㻜㻚㻞㻌㻌㻠㻝㻤㻚㻞㻌㻌㻝㻟㻠㻚㻤㻌㻌 㻝㻠㻟㻚㻥㻌㻌 㻝㻝㻠㻚㻠㻌㻌 㻥㻥㻚㻟㻌㻌㻥㻜㻚㻥㻌㻌㻠㻝㻟㻚㻞㻌㻌㻠㻝㻣㻚㻞㻌㻌㻤㻣㻚㻤㻌㻌㻤㻥㻚㻠㻌㻌㻝㻥㻥㻜 㻝㻥㻥㻢 㻝㻥㻥㻥 㻞㻜㻜㻠 㻞㻜㻜㻡 㻞㻜㻜㻢 㻞㻜㻜㻣 㻞㻜㻜㻤 㻞㻜㻜㻥 㻞㻜㻝㻜 㻞㻜㻝㻝 㻞㻜㻝㻞 㻞㻜㻝㻟 㻞㻜㻝㻠 㻞㻜㻝㻡JSIA51. Outlook of Demand for PS(5) Market of PS by Use in 2015

䞉 Packaging(+1%)

㻌 㻌Food packaging: slightly increase㻌 㻌 㻌 㻌 㻌 㻌

䞉E&E Appliances(+2%)

Application of Home Electoronics

㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌㻌: slightly increase but a low level㻌 㻌䞉Sundries & Foamed

Sundries: comparatively well

Styrene Boards (+3%) Boards: comparatively well
䞉Export(+1%)㻌 㻌 㻌A low level and on the decline: the slump of digital electric appliances

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1. Outlook of Demand for PS(6) Reference:
Comparison of the Market (China/Japan/US/Europe)㻌 / 1999

China

Japan

North America Western Europe

8䠂
24䠂

31䠂

31䠂

43䠂

54䠂

49䠂
61䠂

37䠂

27䠂
15䠂
20䠂

Packaging

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E&E

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1. Outlook of Demand for PS(7) Reference:
Comparison of the Market (China/Japan/US/Europe)㻌 / 2012

China

Japan

North America

Western Europe

7䠂
16䠂
34䠂

30䠂

16䠂
63䠂

37䠂

57䠂

48䠂

68%
9䠂

Packaging

15䠂

E&E

OthersDATA SOURCE: THE CHEMICAL DAILYJSIA82. Japan’s Plastics Flow Chart (2014)
EXPORT

MATERIAL
RECYCLE
2.0 (22%)

IMPORT
MARKETRESIN
PRODUCTION
10.6

DOMESTIC
CONSUMPTION
9.8

USED
PRODUCTS

8.5

RECYCLEDRESINSOLID FUELS
1.6(17%)
GENERATION

PLASTIC WASTE 㻌

0.3

Unit:million ton

CHEMICALRECYCLE㻌 0.3 (4%)

PROCESS
LOSS

9.3

0.6

HOUSEHOLD
WASTE
4.4

RESIN
PRODUCTION
LOSS

0.2

INDUSTRIAL
WASTE
4.8

3.0(32%)HEAT RECOVERY㻌 㻌 㻌
0.8(9%)UTILIZED䠖

7.7 (82%)

INCINERATION
0.9(10%)LANDFILL
0.7(7%)JSIA

DATA SOURCE: PWMINOT UTILLIZED: 1.6 (17%)
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TOTAL PLASTICS WASTE 9.3 million tons
DETAILS OF PLASTICS WASTE

OTHERS
2.6Million㻌
tons(28%)

2014

TYPE OF PLASTICS WASTE

POLYETHYLENE
PACKAGING㻌
WASTE

3.1Million tons
(33%)

4.1Million tons
HOME
PRODUCTSWASTE(44%)

0.9Million tons
(10%)

E&E WASTE
1.7 Million
tons
(18%)

DATA SOURCE: PWMI

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1. Capacity in 2015 was 816KT.
1 plant(capacity 45KT) stopped in2013.
2. Domestic demand( not includeimports) in 2015 was a little bit higher
than previous year but has been down
for several years.
3. Imports decreased in 2013 & 2014 &2015 due to the weakened yen.
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3. Conclusions Outlook of the market
4. Decline for E&E was significant andremained at low level of 22% of 1991
the peak.
5. PS for Packaging was comparativelystable.
2015 was 78% of 1999 the peak.
(2012: 79%, 2013:79%, 2014:78%)
6. Sundries have been maintained
relatively strong growth for severalyears.
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3. Conclusions
1. The aggregate demand including
imports was showing a slight decline.
2. Packaging is the main usage of PS.
(66% of total domestic shipment)
3. A certain amount of imports isanticipated , but not a lot of growth canbe expected in domestic demand.
4. The swift development of new usages,etc., is a critical issue.
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4. Topic
Banning EPS in USA
1. The movement for EPS Container Prohibition shows
an expanse in each American Local Government
2. The beginning was the issue of garbage(environment),but mentions the issue of Safe Hygiene now* Concern for the Carcinogenicity* Marine Pollution(micro-plastics)
3. The Opposite Opinion for Regulation of Banning EPS* Effectiveness of Recycling* Safety, Low Cost, Energy Saving etc.
* Overturn EPS container prohibition regulation(N/Y)“We should appeal for EPS Safety, Effectiveness.”
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