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Exports and imports of primary plastics to and from EU’s five largest trade partners in 2018

Figure Created 04 Jan 2021 Published 04 Jan 2021 Last modified 20 Jan 2021

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Topics: Climate change adaptation

The map show the trade flow of primary plastics between EU-28 and the most important trade partners for each category. Arrows outbound from EU-28 shows exported value and inbound show imported value.

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Methodology:: The data is from the full Comtrade data set for exports and imports of primary plastics EU-28 and all other countries. The five largest trade partners for each category were filtered out and used for the illustrations. The map charts were produced using the web tool Flowmap (www.flowmap.blue).
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: UN Comtrade
Figure type:: Map

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