04-03-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
U.S. Plastics Supplies Could Get Hit by Tariffs
Tariffs on Canada could crimp supplies of polyethylene, a plastic used for packaging, said Al Greenwood, a chemicals specialist at Independent Commodity Intelligence Services. Much of the plastic used in the U.S. Midwest comes from Canadian sources, he said. While the U.S. has enough manufacturing capacity to replace the roughly 2.5 million metric tons of the material, used in products such as plastic film and milk jugs from Canada, it won't be a quick fix.
