Packaging industry report also reveals information regarding trends of the industry, environmental issues, research reviews and worldwide growth of the packaging industry.
According to a market analysis report by SPG Media Group, the global packaging industry trend is as follows:
Global packaging industry is worth US$ 424 billion and out of this Europe has US$127 billion, Asia has US$114 billion, North America has US$ 118 billion, Latin America has US$ 30 billion, and other countries have $US 30 billion. In terms of global market percentage, Europe is 30%, North America is 28%, Latin America is 7%, Asia is 27% and other is 8% of global packaging industry.
According to the materials used in packaging industry throughout the globe, paper shares the most, 36%, metal is 17%, plastic takes 34%, glass takes 10% and other occupies 3%.
According to the type of packaged products, Beverages take 18%, food take 38%, pharmaceutical products take 5%, cosmetic products take 3% and other products take 36% of overall packaging industry. Global market value on food packaging is 161 US$ billion, beverage packaging is 76 US$ billion, Pharmaceutical packaging is 21 US$ billion, cosmetic packaging is 13.3 US$ billion and other is 153 US$ billion.
Report also reveals the trend of global packaging industry, which is as below:
2004: Total market value was 405 $US billion (approx.),
2005: The total market value was 425 $US billion (approx.)
2006: Total market value was 440 $US billion (approx.)
2007: Total market value expected to reach 465 $US billion (approx.) and in the year 2008, it may reach 480 $US billion(approx.) and by the end of the year 2014 it may touch 585 $US billion (approx.).Presently the average annual growth rate is nearly 3.5%, which is expected to touch US$597Bn by 2014.