Plastic Packaging Industry of Thailand

This survey was performed by Kasetsart University Department of Packaging and Materials Technology on Food Packaging Industry in Thailand, was to conduct on the status and trends of food packaging industry to obtain the information on the plastic of packaging materials in food packaging in Thailand. The survey conducted by field visits, questionnaires, interviews and personal communication as well as published data from different sources. The ration of plastic consumption among the industries, packaging is showed 49%, textile 15% and construction 11% respectively. Numbers of company among packaging industry, film processing company is 503, injection molding is 231, blow molding is 216. Production volume of PP, HDPE, LLDPE and LDPE is 1,950 mil. ton, 1,920 mil. ton, 1,150 mil. ton and 685 mil. ton, respectively. Import of plastic 16,668 mil. baht and export is 33,778 mil. baht. Plastic consumption is plastic bottle and flexible pouch, mainly being used in beverage industry. The past decade as it has been replaced by flexible pouches and aseptic cartons in Thailand.

태국 플라스틱 포장산업 현황에 관한 고찰

태국의 플라스틱 소비는 포장분야 49%, 직물 15%, 건설 11%, 전기전자가 10% 순으로 나타났다. 종사자는 106천명이며 공장생산 용량대비 실제 생산은 85%이고 식품포장용 플라스틱수지 수요는 월간 135천톤에 달한다. 업종별 제조사는 필름가공업체가 503개 공장으로 전체의 39%를 점하며 인젝션 몰딩 사가 231개로 18%, 블로우 몰딩 사가 216개사로 17% 순으로 나타났다. 주요 수지들의 생산은 PP는 총 1,950천톤을 생산하였으며, LDPE는 685천톤을 LLDPE는 1,150천톤을 생산하였고, HDPE는 1,920천톤을 생산한 것으로 나타났다. 플라스틱 수입은 16,668백만 바트였고 수출은 33,778백만 바트로 수출액이 2배 이상 높은 것으로 나타났다.