Where do these volumes leave Latin America

#1 Brazil231,349 T180,713 T(63.3%)

#5 Guatemala1,051 T661 T(0.3%)

#3 Argentina12,136 T22,390 T(5.3%)

#2 Mexico 72,613 T

123,287 T(30.1%)

#4 Colombia3,460 T

244 T(0.6%)

l Low Density Polyethylene

l High Density Polyethylene

#1 Tetra Pak Queretaro S.A De C.V.#2 Braskem S.A. (Brazil)#3 Braskem Idesa S.A.P.I. (Mexico) #4 Polimeros Mexicanos S.A De C.V.#5 Impulso al Crecimiento S.A De C.V.

#1 Braskem S.A. (Brazil)#2 Braskem Idesa S.A.P.I. (Mexico)#3 Nexeo Solutions Mexico S de R.L. de C.V.#4 Impulso al Crecimiento S.A De C.V.#5 Global Denim S.A. De C.V.

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Top Latin America Exporting Companies

Latin America’s Polyethylene TradeA summary of the high vs low density polyethylene (HDPE vs LPDE) trade in Latin America utilizing our Maritime & Trade Intelligence from IHS Markit.

% share of all Latin America polyethylene exports by volume

Where do these volumes enter into Latin America

Top Latin America Importing companies

#2 Brazil146,916 T120,140 T(14.1%)

#5 Colombia49,462 T90,620 T(7.4%)

#1 Mexico327,421 T452,698 T(41.1%)

#4 Peru68,298 T85,348 T

(8.1%)

#3 Chile93,466 T82,533 T

(9.3%)

#1 Tetra Pak S.A De C.V.#2 Ensambles Hyson S.A De C.V.#3 Dow Brasil Industria & Comercio de

Produtos Quimicos Ltda.#4 Dow Internacional Mexicana S.A De C.V.#5 Insumos Internacionales G. C. S.A De C.V.

#1 Tapicerias Pacifico S.A De C.V.#2 Dow Internacional Mexicana S.A. De C.V.#3 Waterloo De Nogales S.A. de C.V.#4 Sello Rojo Del Nortesa S.A. de C.V. #5 CSI En Ensenada S. De R.L. De C.V.

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l High Density Polyethylene

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% share of all Latin America polyethylene imports by volume

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#2 Land (truck)1,603,798 T

#1 Maritime 2,609,052 T

Not declared 2,201,570 T

#3 Land (railway) 1,315,466 T

#4 Land (other)119,758

#5 Air335 T

% change 1st half 2017 vs. 1st half 2018

Latin America’s top trading partners of high density polyethylene (HDPE)

#1 United States615,219 T

(0.44%)

#6 Mexico40,131 T(52.91%)

#2 Brazil144,095 T

(1.01%)

#7 Canada39,064 T(21.31%)

#3 China89,765 T

(-42.27%)

#8 Belgium31,208 T

(-23.84%)

#4 Argentina51,122 T

(-39.50%)

#9 Chile24,149 T(2.12%)

#5 South Korea50,439 T

(233.58%)

#10 Spain16,510 T(40.03%)

% change 1st half 2017 vs. 1st half 2018

Latin America’s top trading partners of low density polyethylene (LDPE)

#1 United States401,949 T(-10.29%)

#6 Mexico41,885 T(13.20%)

#2 Brazil155,100 T(-17.70%)

#7 Chile24,223 T

(-34.66%)

#3 Argentina61,114 T

(-35.19%)

#8 Peru23,021 T(-5.21%)

#4 Spain56,469 T(36.86%)

#9 China20,975 T

(-56.85%)

#5 Belgium45,235 T

(-50.53%)

#10 Canada17,161 T(31.11%)

l Low Density Polyethylene l High Density Polyethylene Total volume of HDPE and LDPE

49%63%

37%

63%

37%

63%

37%51%

56%

44%

94%

6%