The conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has resulted in a fall in the main global stock markets and a rise in the price of oil, will put the performance of the country’s plastic industry in trouble, said the National Association of Plastic Industries (Anipac).
In a conference, Aldimir Torres, president of the organization, said that this issue will be added to other challenges that the sector has faced, such as the ban on the use of single-use plastic, the shortage of some raw materials and the increase in logistics costs for this and other industries.
The price of a barrel of Brent had an increase of around 5 percent, related to a fear on the part of investors towards ruptures in the Russian supply of energy, in a context in which the commercial sanctions on Russia derived from the attack on Ukraine , continue.
In the expectation that the price will rise again, buyers increase their purchases and store, generating even more tension for producers.