North American new polyethylene production capacity will change the direction of world trade flows

Recently, Tricon energy company director and polyethylene (PE) in the americas product manager Rafael Gerlein said, the current capacity investment in North America is the second wave of PE construction boom, more than 9.5 million tons/year of PE new capacity has been confirmed or under construction, the new PE before and after the device is expected in 2020 completed and put into operation in succession.
On November 18 to 19 in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, IHS Markit sixth Latin American petrochemical and polymer (LAPPC) conference, Gerlein said the PE industry is the evaluation of North America's second wave expansion PE investment boom and the influence on the region and overseas market.
Gerlein said that in the 2020 years ago, is expected to put into production of the new PE production capacity, is expected to have a production capacity of 7 million tons/year exports from North America to the rest of the world.