Polylactic Acid (PLA) Market Report by Raw Material (Corn, Sugarcane and Sugar Beet, Cassava, and Others), End Use Industry (Packaging, Agriculture, Automotive and Transport, Electronics, Textiles, and Others), and Region 2025-2033

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1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
2.1 Objectives of the Study
2.2 Stakeholders
2.3 Data Sources
2.3.1 Primary Sources
2.3.2 Secondary Sources
2.4 Market Estimation
2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Polylactic Acid (PLA) Market
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by Raw Material
6.1 Corn
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 Sugarcane and Sugar Beet
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
6.3 Cassava
6.3.1 Market Trends
6.3.2 Market Forecast
6.4 Others
6.4.1 Market Trends
6.4.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by End Use Industry
7.1 Packaging
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 Agriculture
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
7.3 Automotive and Transport
7.3.1 Market Trends
7.3.2 Market Forecast
7.4 Electronics
7.4.1 Market Trends
7.4.2 Market Forecast
7.5 Textiles
7.5.1 Market Trends
7.5.2 Market Forecast
7.6 Others
7.6.1 Market Trends
7.6.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by Region
8.1 North America
8.1.1 United States
8.1.1.1 Market Trends
8.1.1.2 Market Forecast
8.1.2 Canada
8.1.2.1 Market Trends
8.1.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2 Asia-Pacific
8.2.1 China
8.2.1.1 Market Trends
8.2.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2.2 Japan
8.2.2.1 Market Trends
8.2.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2.3 India
8.2.3.1 Market Trends
8.2.3.2 Market Forecast
8.2.4 South Korea
8.2.4.1 Market Trends
8.2.4.2 Market Forecast
8.2.5 Australia
8.2.5.1 Market Trends
8.2.5.2 Market Forecast
8.2.6 Indonesia
8.2.6.1 Market Trends
8.2.6.2 Market Forecast
8.2.7 Others
8.2.7.1 Market Trends
8.2.7.2 Market Forecast
8.3 Europe
8.3.1 Germany
8.3.1.1 Market Trends
8.3.1.2 Market Forecast
8.3.2 France
8.3.2.1 Market Trends
8.3.2.2 Market Forecast
8.3.3 United Kingdom
8.3.3.1 Market Trends
8.3.3.2 Market Forecast
8.3.4 Italy
8.3.4.1 Market Trends
8.3.4.2 Market Forecast
8.3.5 Spain
8.3.5.1 Market Trends
8.3.5.2 Market Forecast
8.3.6 Russia
8.3.6.1 Market Trends
8.3.6.2 Market Forecast
8.3.7 Others
8.3.7.1 Market Trends
8.3.7.2 Market Forecast
8.4 Latin America
8.4.1 Brazil
8.4.1.1 Market Trends
8.4.1.2 Market Forecast
8.4.2 Mexico
8.4.2.1 Market Trends
8.4.2.2 Market Forecast
8.4.3 Others
8.4.3.1 Market Trends
8.4.3.2 Market Forecast
8.5 Middle East and Africa
8.5.1 Market Trends
8.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
8.5.3 Market Forecast
9 SWOT Analysis
9.1 Overview
9.2 Strengths
9.3 Weaknesses
9.4 Opportunities
9.5 Threats
10 Value Chain Analysis
11 Porters Five Forces Analysis
11.1 Overview
11.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
11.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
11.4 Degree of Competition
11.5 Threat of New Entrants
11.6 Threat of Substitutes
12 Price Analysis
13 Competitive Landscape
13.1 Market Structure
13.2 Key Players
13.3 Profiles of Key Players
13.3.1 BASF SE
13.3.1.1 Company Overview
13.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.1.3 Financials
13.3.1.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.2 COFCO
13.3.2.1 Company Overview
13.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.2.3 Financials
13.3.3 Evonik Industries AG
13.3.3.1 Company Overview
13.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.3.3 Financials
13.3.3.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.4 Futerro
13.3.4.1 Company Overview
13.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.5 Jiangsu Supla Bioplastics Co. Ltd.
13.3.5.1 Company Overview
13.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.6 Jiangxi Keyuan Bio-Material Co. Ltd.
13.3.6.1 Company Overview
13.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.7 Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
13.3.7.1 Company Overview
13.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.7.3 Financials
13.3.7.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.8 NatureWorks LLC (Cargill Incorporated)
13.3.8.1 Company Overview
13.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.9 Shanghai Tong-Jie-Liang Biomaterials Co. Ltd.
13.3.9.1 Company Overview
13.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.10 Total Corbion PLA
13.3.10.1 Company Overview
13.3.10.2 Product Portfolio

List of Figures

Figure 1: Global: Polylactic Acid Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: Global: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019-2024
Figure 3: Global: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 4: Global: Polylactic Acid Market: Breakup by Raw Material (in %), 2024
Figure 5: Global: Polylactic Acid Market: Breakup by End Use Industry (in %), 2024
Figure 6: Global: Polylactic Acid Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2024
Figure 7: Global: Polylactic Acid (Corn) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 8: Global: Polylactic Acid (Corn) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 9: Global: Polylactic Acid (Sugarcane and Sugar Beet) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 10: Global: Polylactic Acid (Sugarcane and Sugar Beet) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 11: Global: Polylactic Acid (Cassava) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 12: Global: Polylactic Acid (Cassava) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 13: Global: Polylactic Acid (Other Raw Materials) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 14: Global: Polylactic Acid (Other Raw Materials) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 15: Global: Polylactic Acid (Packaging) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 16: Global: Polylactic Acid (Packaging) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 17: Global: Polylactic Acid (Agriculture) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 18: Global: Polylactic Acid (Agriculture) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 19: Global: Polylactic Acid (Automotive and Transport) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 20: Global: Polylactic Acid (Automotive and Transport) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 21: Global: Polylactic Acid (Electronics) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 22: Global: Polylactic Acid (Electronics) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 23: Global: Polylactic Acid (Textiles) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 24: Global: Polylactic Acid (Textiles) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 25: Global: Polylactic Acid (Other End Use Industries) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 26: Global: Polylactic Acid (Other End Use Industries) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 27: North America: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 28: North America: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 29: United States: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 30: United States: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 31: Canada: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 32: Canada: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 33: Asia-Pacific: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 34: Asia-Pacific: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 35: China: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 36: China: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 37: Japan: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 38: Japan: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 39: India: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 40: India: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 41: South Korea: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 42: South Korea: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 43: Australia: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 44: Australia: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 45: Indonesia: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 46: Indonesia: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 47: Others: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 48: Others: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 49: Europe: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 50: Europe: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 51: Germany: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 52: Germany: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 53: France: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 54: France: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 55: United Kingdom: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 56: United Kingdom: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 57: Italy: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 58: Italy: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 59: Spain: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 60: Spain: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 61: Russia: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 62: Russia: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 63: Others: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 64: Others: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 65: Latin America: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 66: Latin America: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 67: Brazil: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 68: Brazil: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 69: Mexico: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 70: Mexico: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 71: Others: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 72: Others: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 73: Middle East and Africa: Polylactic Acid Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 74: Middle East and Africa: Polylactic Acid Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2024
Figure 75: Middle East and Africa: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 76: Global: Polylactic Acid Industry: SWOT Analysis
Figure 77: Global: Polylactic Acid Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 78: Global: Polylactic Acid Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis

List of Tables

Table 1: Global: Polylactic Acid Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2024 and 2033
Table 2: Global: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Breakup by Raw Material (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 3: Global: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Breakup by End Use Industry (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 4: Global: Polylactic Acid Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 5: Global: Polylactic Acid Market: Competitive Structure
Table 6: Global: Polylactic Acid Market: Key Players

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