Plastics exports headed for calmer waters:EDC

摘要

Canadian exports of rubber and plastics will stabilize over the next two years despite a 3.5 per cent drop in export values in 2006,according to Export Development Canada (EDC)'s Global Export Forecast for spring 2007.The report said that exports of rubber and plastics have held steady at 10 billion to 10.5 billion in recent years,aside from the 2006 drop.The drop was mainly attributed to the U.S.,which accounts for nearly 90 per cent of the export market in this sector.Overall,U.S.markets still accounted for most of the exports by processors in the chemicals,rubber and plastics sectors.