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PET imports threaten European industry, flags PRE

Source：Adsale Plastics Network Date ：2023-07-27 Editor ：VC

Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) warns that the major increase in PET imports have a negative impact on the competitiveness of the EU’s industry, along with its objective to improve the waste management of plastics.

Imports of PET have doubled reaching 1.9Mt between 2021 and 2022, with India, China and Turkey among the biggest exporters in terms of volumes and value followed by Indonesia, Egypt and Vietnam.

With the increase, imports represented nearly 30% of the total demand for PET in Europe in 2022, compared to only 23% in 2020.

PRE anticipates this important market shift puts the European industry ‘under a lot of pressure’, given the strong divergences in energy, labor and environmental costs in the EU.

“Following these concerning market developments, the EU has initiated an anti-dumping proceeding against China for the imports of PET throughout 2022”, said Herbert Snell, PRE PET Working Group Vice Chair and Managing Director at Multiport GmbH (part of the Veolia Group).

“Among the allegations, the issued notice reflects a likelihood that increased dumped imports would have a negative impact on the performance of the EU industry”, he added.

Call for full verification of traceability

The heightened demand for rPET in the EU, driven by the 2025 recycled content targets of 25% for beverage bottles and the consequent rise in rPET prices on the continent, could be the reason of the growing imports.

“It needs to be ensured that recycled PET imported to the EU at significantly lower prices is compliant with the stringent EU food contact regulation, and therefore does not put at disadvantage the efforts made for creating a robust rPET industry in Europe”, stated Casper van den Dungen, Vice-President of PRE.

He also emphasized the requirement of full verification of the traceability of imported polymers by end users to avoid using self-declarations as the means of reporting recycled materials participating to the EU targets.

Ensuring the enforcement of EU rules for goods and materials from outside the continent is key to protecting the ‘Made in the EU’ and maintaining a level playing field for all actors, otherwise, the circularity of plastic products and investments in recycling will be undermined, concluded PRE.

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Source：Adsale Plastics Network Date ：2023-07-27 Editor ：VC

Imports of PET have doubled reaching 1.9Mt between 2021 and 2022, with India, China and Turkey among the biggest exporters in terms of volumes and value followed by Indonesia, Egypt and Vietnam.

With the increase, imports represented nearly 30% of the total demand for PET in Europe in 2022, compared to only 23% in 2020.

PRE anticipates this important market shift puts the European industry ‘under a lot of pressure’, given the strong divergences in energy, labor and environmental costs in the EU.

“Among the allegations, the issued notice reflects a likelihood that increased dumped imports would have a negative impact on the performance of the EU industry”, he added.