According to the report RP-137U Plastics for Barrier Packaging from Business Communications, the total US market for the packaging barrier resins amounted to about 5.9 billion pounds (2.68 bn kgs) in 2004 and is expected to grow at an overall AAGR (average annual growth rate) of 8.1 per cent over the next five years to about 8.6 billion pounds by 2009.
