"The regional market for goods and services will increasingly provide opportunities for expansion," said lead economist and principal author of the Update, Ivailo Izvorski.

The principal USES of PVC in North America, in order of importance, are pipes, construction materials, consumer goods, packaging, and electrical products (such as wire and cable insulation).

That country, however, in whose cargoes there is the greatest proportion of native, and the least of foreign goods, will always be the principal gainer .