Consumer goods are manufactured in high volumes and across a wide range of materials – from decorative articles and toys through to furniture. Price movements in the plastics used feed straight into calculation and competitiveness.
With pricenxt Analytics, teams capture price developments faster, compare price series, and build up their own structured market monitoring.
Why polymer prices matter for consumer goods:
Consumer goods are strongly price-driven and produced in large volumes; even small movements in the standard plastics used have a noticeable effect on production costs and retail margins.
Strong price pressure in retail: for margin-sensitive consumer goods, the material price often decides competitiveness.
Broad material spectrum: from PS and ABS through PP and PE to PVC and PET – the prices of these plastics develop differently.
Procurement predictability: transparent price developments make quotations, budgets, and supplier negotiations easier.
Recycled, revalued, repriced: PCR plastics to 2032
The trend in prices for post-consumer plastic recyclate in Europe up to 2032. A forecast based on three scenarios.
For consumer goods, the most relevant materials are standard thermoplastics such as PS, ABS, PP, PE, and PVC, together with transparent materials such as PMMA. They are used in housings, moulded parts, furniture, toys, and decorative articles.
Polystyrene
GPPS, HIPS IM
ABS
ABS IM natural
Polypropylene
PPH IM
Polyethylene
HDPE IM
PVC
PVC-U
PMMA
PMMA transparent
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