Strategic Assessment of the Bioplastics Market in Brazil and Mexico

• Publication date: May 2010

Both Brazil and Mexico are nascent markets for Bioplastics, which are currently under pilot scales in a several companies, penetrating segments such as food packaging and agriculture films. However, large production scales in Brazil are expected to give a new shape to this market in the region. Competitive production scales and an increasing demand will be crucial to make bioplastics a growing and profitable market in the region. Frost & Su...

Both Brazil and Mexico are nascent markets for Bioplastics, which are currently under pilot scales in a several companies, penetrating segments such as food packaging and agriculture films. However, large production scales in Brazil are expected to give a new shape to this market in the region. Competitive production scales and an increasing demand will be crucial to make bioplastics a growing and profitable market in the region. Frost & Sullivan expects that both bio-based and petrochemical plastics will coexist in the market. In the short to medium term, Bioplastics are not considered a threat to petrochemicals, since its volumes will correspond to less than 5% of the total plastics demand. 
 

Plastic Industry in Mexico

1.3.1: Product Types

Table 1: Bioplastics Market: Substitution Potential for Bioplastics (World), 2009

1.4.1: Bioplastics as a Growth Strategy for the Brazilian Chemical Industry

1.5.1: Summary of Major Findings - Brazil

1.5.2: Summary of Major Findings - Mexico

2.1.1: Political

2.1.2: Economic

2.1.3: Social

2.1.4: Technology

2.1.5: Environmental

2.1.6: Legal

2.2.1: Sugarcane

Table 2: Bioplastics Market: Strengths and Weaknesses for Oil (Brazil and Mexico), 2009

Table 3: Bioplastics Market: Strengths and Weaknesses for Natural Gas (Brazil and Mexico), 2009

Table 4: Bioplastics Market: Strengths and Weaknesses for Ethanol (Brazil), 2009

Table 5: Bioplastics Market: Estimated Production Costs (Brazil, The United States and Europe), 2009

Table 6: Bioplastics Market: Pricing Analysis (Brazil), 2009-2015

Table 7: Bioplastics Market: Expected Production Capacities (Brazil), 2009 and 2012

3.4.1: BASF

3.4.2: BRASKEM

3.4.3: CARGILL

3.4.4: CEREPLAST

3.4.5: DUPONT

3.4.6: PHB INDUSTRIAL

3.4.7: RODENBURG BIOPOLYMERS SOUTH AMERICA

3.4.8: SOLVAY INDUPA

3.4.9: BIOMATER

3.8.1: Frost & Sullivan Identified Market Opportunities for Bioplastics in Brazil

Table 8: Bioplastics Market: Market Drivers Ranked in the Order of Impact (Brazil), 2010-2016

3.9.1: Availability of Feedstock

3.9.2: Focus on Carbon Footprint Amongst Key End-user Sectors

3.9.3: Entry of Newer Suppliers to Add Depth to the Market

3.9.4: Large Scale Projects Driving Demand

3.9.5: New Applications Development to Drive Demand

3.10: Market Restraints

Table 9: Bioplastics Market: Market Restraints Ranked in the Order of Impact (Brazil), 2010-2016

3.10.1: Crude Oil Price Fluctuations to Impact Demand in the Short Term

3.10.2: Higher Prices Compared to Conventional Plastics

3.10.3: Low Customer Awareness

3.10.4: Low Government Initiatives for Sustainable Materials

3.10.5: Lack of Performance in Key Attributes

3.11.1: The Decreasing Use of Plastic Bags is a Trend in Brazil

4.7.1: Frost & Sullivan identified Market Opportunities for Bioplastics in Mexico

Table 10: Bioplastics Market: Market Drivers Ranked in the Order of Impact (Mexico), 2010-2016

4.8.1: Several Research and Innovation Institutions Involved in Bioplastics Promotion

4.8.2: The Legal Environment that Promotes Biodegradable Materials

4.8.3: New Technologies and Renewable Sources that Emerge to Generate this Biopolymers

4.8.4: Mexican Efforts to Produce Bioplastics to Enter European Market

4.8.5: Green Trend that Pushes Sustainability in Every Part of the Value Chain

Table 11: Bioplastics Market: Market Restraints Ranked in the Order of Impact (Mexico), 2010-2016

4.9.1: Bioplastic Prices are Still High Compare to Oil Based Plastic Prices

4.9.2: New Technologies that Substitute Bio Plastics

4.9.3: There is No Recycling Culture and Traditional Plastic Companies Do Not See the Real Added Value of Producing Bioplastics

4.9.4: Low Temperature Resistance Properties for PLA

4.9.5: Food Safety Concern in Some of the Agricultural Inputs

4.9.6: There is No Regulation for Bioplastics in Mexico

5.3.1: Packaging

5.3.2: Consumer Products

5.3.3: Agriculture

5.4.1: Strengths

5.4.2: Weaknesses

5.4.3: Opportunities

5.4.4: Threats

Plastic in Mexico

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• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 1991 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: BMI/companies

• Industries : Plastic
• Countries : Mexico

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• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 1991 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: BMI/companies

• Industries : Plastic
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