{"id":52211,"date":"2026-03-17T18:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amec.es\/global-packaging-an-industry-in-transformation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:30:30","slug":"global-packaging-an-industry-in-transformation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amec.es\/en\/global-packaging-an-industry-in-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Global packaging, an industry in transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A growing market, but one that is subject to intense forces of change: corporate concentration, regulatory pressure, a shortage of recycled materials and Chinese competition in machinery that is a present reality. These are the trends that are shaping packaging on a global scale. <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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ACCI\u00d3, the Catalan agency for business competitiveness, has just published its sectoral report on packaging with data updated to February 2026. The document provides an x-ray of the world market and the forces that are reshaping the sector on a global scale. <\/p>

Here are the most relevant elements for amec members.<\/p>


A large, stable and steadily growing market<\/strong><\/h5>

Packaging is one of the world’s most resilient industrial sectors. With a global market reaching $1.28 trillion in 2025<\/strong>, it has grown at an annual rate of 4.4% over the past decade and is expected to maintain growth of 3.16% per year until 2035<\/strong>, when it will approach $1.75 trillion. <\/p>

It is not a cyclical sector in the strict sense: its demand is linked to the consumption of basic necessities, which gives it a structural stability that few other industrial sectors can match.<\/p>

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The geographic distribution of consumption<\/strong><\/p>

Region<\/th>World share<\/th>Per capita consumption<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Asia<\/td>40,5%<\/td>80-110 kg\/year<\/td><\/tr>
North America<\/td>24,8%<\/td>240 kg\/year<\/td><\/tr>
Western Europe<\/td>18,4%<\/td>190 kg\/year<\/td><\/tr>
Latin America<\/td>4,6%<\/td>80-100 kg\/year<\/td><\/tr>
Africa<\/td>2,1%<\/td>30-40 kg\/year<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>

Asia leads in total volume and continues to gain weight (+2 points since 2015), driven by the growth of its middle class and the expansion of modern trade. North America leads in per capita consumption, with twice as much as Europe. Africa, with the lowest consumption in the world, is emerging as the region with the greatest structural growth potential in the coming decades. <\/p>

Europe, on the other hand, loses relative share (-2.4 points since 2015), although it remains the most regulatory demanding market and one of the most attractive for investment.<\/p>

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The client sectors that drive growth<\/strong><\/h5>

Food continues to be the sector’s driving force, accounting for almost half of global consumption. But the fastest growing segments are others: <\/p>