Plastic resins: three checked supplier quotes

What you can ask for

• HDPE: film, blow-moulding, pipe grades
• Polypropylene: raffia, injection, BOPP
• PET bottle grade
• LDPE and LLDPE film grades
• PVC resin for pipes and profiles
• Masterbatch and additives

Something else? Describe it in the request and we’ll tell you if we can find suppliers for it.

How it works

1. 1 You ask

   Product, quantity, budget and when you need it. Two minutes.

2. 2 We call you

   Within one working day, to confirm the spec and that you want to hear from suppliers.

3. 3 Suppliers quote

   Up to three, so you can compare. Your details never go to more than three.

What the region imports

Largest products first: yearly imports into Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda combined (UN Comtrade). Open one for its countries and suppliers.

• High-density polyethylene (HDPE) resin $268.3M
• Polypropylene (PP) resin $262.2M
• PET resin (bottle grade) $245.2M
• Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) resin $187.5M
• Polypropylene copolymer resin $92.3M
• Other polyethers (incl. polyether polyols) $87.4M
• PVC resin (unmixed) $82.7M
• Other plastic articles $76.6M
• Acrylic polymers (other than PMMA) $75.1M
• Polyethylene film and sheet $53.4M
• Polypropylene film and sheet (BOPP) $46.3M
• EVA copolymer resin $40.1M
• Self-adhesive plastic sheets and film $33.4M
• Plasticised PVC compound $32.7M
• Plastic bottles, jerrycans and containers $32.3M
• Other ethylene polymers in primary forms $25.2M
• Other plastic packaging articles $24.2M
• Other plastic plates, sheets and film $22.3M
• Plastic spools, bobbins and reels $19.4M
• Plastic caps, lids and closures $19.2M
• Plastic household and toilet articles $17.7M
• Plastic pipe fittings $17.4M
• Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) $17.4M
• Plastic tableware and kitchenware $17.1M
• Alkyd resins $16.1M
• Other styrene polymers $15.0M
• Other plastic tubes and hoses $14.6M
• Rigid polyethylene pipes $13.5M
• Other cellulose ethers (HEC, HPMC) $12.8M
• Plastic boxes, crates and cases $12.6M
• Rigid PVC sheet and film $11.6M
• Polyurethane resin $11.0M
• Other plastic builders' ware $10.8M
• Plastic sacks and bags (not polyethylene) $9.9M
• Vinyl flooring and wall coverings (PVC) $9.4M
• Other foam plastic sheets $8.5M
• Other saturated polyesters $8.4M
• PET resin, lower viscosity $8.1M
• Flexible PVC sheet and film $7.9M
• Self-adhesive plastic tape, narrow rolls $7.4M

How much the region imports

US$ million a year, as each country reported to UN Comtrade (latest year available). Click a figure for its source.