Patent ID: 8722181

Claim:
A saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer resin composition comprising a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer having an ethylene content of 20 to 60 mol %, the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer being water-insoluble, and a polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 5000 and having a 1,2-diol structural unit in a side chain thereof represented by the formula (1) wherein each of R 1 to R 6 is independently a hydrogen atom or an organic group, and X is a single bond or a binding chain, and wherein the amount of the polyvinyl alcohol is in the range of 10 to 50 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer.