Component
Polycarbonate
Engineering plastic from oil-and-gas phenol chemistry, for phone covers and appliance parts.
Criticality
Medium
Unit cost
$2.8K
Quality
60 / 100
US completeness
55.2
Made in US
500,000 tonnes
Current demand
900,000 tonnes
US exports
40,000 tonnes
Opportunity score
45.8
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$200M
Expected extra output: 18,000 tonnes per year