Abstract
Polyethylene resin mainly includes low-density PE （LDPE）, linear low-density PE （LLDPE）, high-density PE （HDPE） and middle-density PE （MDPE）.

In 2001, the international （polyethylene） PE throughput was 65.74 million tons, actual output, 51.08 million tons, and consumption, 50.63 million tons. PE demand in areas except Africa, Asia, Oceania, Latin America and Western Europe was smaller than productivity. PE productivity and consumption increased the most in the Middle East. The situation in Asia of demand being greater than supply will change. In a few years, PE supply here will be larger than demand. By 2006, global PE productivity will have reached 78.5 million tons, and demand, 62.92 million tons. In areas of consumption structure, foreign LDPE is mainly used in manufacturing thin film products and injection molded items, and HDPE will mainly go into thin film products, injection molded items and blow molded items.

China's PE industry has grown rapidly in recent years with a considerable rise in productivity. However, because of the surging increase of demand, China's PE domestic production situation （only 43% by the end of 2001） had not changed much. A large part of the demand had to be satisfied by import. In terms of consumption, 76% of the LDPE was used in making thin film; the rest went to inject-molded items, 9.6%. HDPE mainly went into blow-molded items, 19.8%, thin film, 18.3%, monofilm, 17.9% and inject-molded items, 17%. This consumption structure is not estimated to change much until 2005.

Because of the inactive global plastics market in 2001, large amounts of plastic products flooded into China. The low sales of the main downstream product, agricultural film resulted in the recession and overall shrinking of domestic PE markets.

Contents
1. Overview
2. World PE Resin Production and Consumption
2.1. The world PE resin supply and demand
2.2. Major World PE Producers
2.3. Analysis of World PE Consumption
2.3.1. Production Status and Developing Tendency
2.4. World PE trade
2.5. Projection of world PE supply and demand
2.6. World PE expansion plan
2.7. Projection of world PE consumption structure
3. Scale and Forecast of China's PE Market
4. Division of and Analysis of China's PE Market
4.1. Status and Development Tendencies for Divisions of LDPE Market
4.1.1. Packaging Film
4.1.2. Agricultural Film
4.1.3. Wire and Cable
4.2. Examination and Development Tendency of the HDPE Market
4.2.1. Injection Molded items
4.2.2. Hollow Products
4.2.3. Packaging Film
5. PE Supply on Chinese Market
5.1. Domestic Production
5.1.1. Status of Domestic Production
5.1.2. Plans to expand and build new production apparatuses
5.1.3. Prediction on future domestic PE development
5.1.4. Main PE Import Sources
5.1.5. Main Trade Modes of Imported Products
5.1.6. Main PE Importing Ports
5.2. Division of Chinese PE market
6. Analysis on Supply-Demand Balance
6.1. Status of Supply-Demand Balance
6.2. Forecast on Status of Supply-Demand Balance
7. Analysis on Price
8. Analysis of Enterprises in the PE Industry
8.1. PE Producers
8.2. PE Processing Enterprises
8.3. PE Importers and Exporters
9. The Industry's Administrative System
10. Analysis of the Competitiveness of China's PE Industry
10.1. Unreasonable product structure
10.2. The Production Scale is too low
10.3. High Consumption of Energy and Materials
10.4. High Cost
10.5. Scarcity of product varieties
11. Opportunity and Suggestion for China's PE Market Development

Tables
Table 1 The World PE Supply and Demand in 2001
Table 2 Productivity of 2001 World Major PE producers
Table 3 Productivity of 2001 World Major LDPE Producers
Table 4 Productivity of 2001 World Major LLDPE Producers
Table 5 Productivity of 2001World Major LLDPE/HDPE Producers
Table 6 Consumption Structure of 2001 World PE
Table 7 2001 World LDPE Consumption Structure
Table 8 2001World LLDPE Consumption Structure
Table 9 World PE Trade from 1998 to 2001
Table 10 Projection of World PE Supply and Demand from 1996 to 2011
Table 11 Main World Regional PE Expansion Plans between 2002 and 2005
Table 12 Demand and forecast of worldwide demand for HDPE
Table 13 World HDPE Consumption Structure in 2006
Table 14 World LDPE Consumption Structure in 2006
Table 15 World LLDPE Consumption Structure in 2006
Table 16 Chinese Present PE Demand and Prediction
Table 17 China' LDPE/LLDPE Consumption Structure Status and Prediction
Table 18 China's HDPE Consumption Structure and Prediction
Table 19 China's PE Supply and Demand in 2001
Table 20 Planned Operation of LDPE Equipment from 2001 to 2005
Table 21 China's PE Import from 1990 to 1998
Table 22 Main PE Import Trade Modes of China's from 2000 to 2001
Table 23 Main Chinese PE Import Ports in 2001
Table 24 China's PE Supply and Demand Between 1995 and 2001
Table 25 Forecast on supply and demand of China's PE in 2005
Table 26 China's PE Market Prices from 1995 to 2001
Table 27 Prices of RE on China's market during 1994-1999
Table 28 Productivity of HDPE Apparatuses in China in 2001
Table 29 Major Present PE Trademarks of Lanzhou Petrochemical Co.
Table 30 Major Present PE Trademarks of Yanshan Petrochemical Co.
Table 31 Major Present PE Trademarks of Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd.
Table 32 Major Present PE Trademarks of Daqing Petrochemical Co.
Table 33 Major Present PE brands of Maoming Petrochemical Co.
Table 34 Major Present PE Products of Qilu Petrochemical Co. at
Table 35 Major Present PE Products of Fushun Petrochemical Co.
Table 36 Major Present PE Products of Jilin Petrochemical Co.
Table 37 Major Current PE Products of Dushanzi Ethylene Co.
Table 38 Major Current PE Products of Panjin Ethylene Co.
Table 39 Major Present PE Products of Zhongyuan Ethylene Co.
Table 40 Major Current PE Products of Tianjin Ethylene Co.
Table 41 Major Current PE Products of Yangtze Petrochemical Co.
Table 42 Major Present PE Products of Liaoyang Chemical Fiber Co.

Figures
Figure 1 China's LDPE/LLDPE Consumption Structure In 1999
Figure 2 China's HDPE Consumption Structure in 2001
Figure 3 China's PE import during 1990-1998 （kiloton）
Figure 4 Major sources of China's imported PE's in 1999
Figure 5 Main Forms of Trade for China's PE from 1998-1999
Figure 6 Main Chinese PE Importing Ports in 2001
Figure 7 China's PE Market Prices from 1995 to2001
Figure 8 Prices of PE on China's market during 1995-1999
Figure 9 Comparison between domestic and foreign monomer consumption
Figure 10 Comparison between Domestic and Foreign PE Burn-up