The Packaging Industry in South Africa is worth R29 billion and consumes 2,000,000,000 tons of raw material per annum.
Packaging is produced using four primary raw materials and these are reflected in size ranking in 2006, as follows:
Volume
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Value
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1) Paper
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1) Plastics
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2) Plastics
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2) Paper
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3) Metals
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3) Metals
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4) Glass
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4) Glass
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The Packaging Industry has grown by an average of ??% in the past five years. This is expected to grow but at ??% in the next three years helped by a growing black middle class and the 2010 World
Cup. Plastics is the fastest growing of the packaging materials.
The Packaging Industry in South Africa is worth R29 billion and consumes 2,000,000,000 tons of raw material per annum.