LATIN AMERICAN PLASTIC PIPE MARKET FORECAST & ANALYSIS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Executive Summary

1.1 Overview, 2004-2014 Plastic Pipe Consumption Forecast (US$,Million)

• Latin American Market is Segmented Into 17 Selected Countries
• Development of the Economies in Latin America
• Low Cost Labor is Less Significant
• Massive Investment Required
• Consumption of Plastic Pipe Defined
• Capital is the Key
• Consumption Value to Increase >2x by Year 2012
• Average Selling Price (ASP) x Quantity Explanation
• Mexico Leads in Market Share
• Consumption Quantity to Reach Over 1 Billion Feet By 2009
• PVC Pipe Currently Leads in Consumption Value
• Municipality Infrastructures Lead in Consumption Value
• Outer Diameter 6 to 24-Inch Pipe Leads Consumption Value

1.2 Economic Dynamics

1.2.1 Overview

• Growth in Regional Economies to be Relatively Moderate
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
• Guarani Aquifer System Project

1.2.2 Argentina

• Municipality Infrastructures: Drainage Systems
• South Americas Largest Groundwater Reservoir
• Utility Concerns: Gas/Oil
• Steel Tube/Seamless Pipes
• Major Environmental Management Plan
• Utility Concerns: Electrical Power
• Mining Industrial Concerns
• Water Treatment Concerns
• Economic Overview

1.2.3 Bolivia

• Up To $300 Million in New Lending Over 2004 and 2005
• Water Treatment Concerns
• Telecommunications Concerns
• Political Climate is Especially Volatile in Bolivia
• Economic Overview

1.2.4 Brazil

• Utility Concerns: Aqueduct
• South Americas Largest Groundwater Reservoir
• Water Treatment Concerns
• Guarani Project
• The Brazilian National Water Agency (ANA)
• Law 9,433/1997
• Utility Concerns: Electrical Power
• Transportation Concerns
• Oil/Gas Concerns
• Telecommunications Concerns
• Economic Overview

1.2.5 Chile

• Territorial Development Project
• Transportation Concerns
• Production/Manufacturing Pollution Control
• Utility Concerns: Water Supply Infrastructure
• World Bank Funding
• Waste Treatment Management Concerns
• Mining Concerns: Copper
• Municipality: Water Supply Infrastructure
• Economic Overview

1.2.6 Colombia

• Improve Access to Water Supply and Sanitation Services
• Waste Management Concerns
• Municipality: Water Supply/Treatment Concerns
• Mining/Energy Concerns
• Government Infrastructure Strategy (2003-2006): Transport Ministry
• Economic Overview

1.2.7 Costa Rica

• Transportation Concerns
• Utility Concern: Hydro Projects
• Economic Overview

1.2.8 Ecuador

• OCPs Economical Impact
• Transportation Concerns
• Utility Concerns: Electricity
• Municipality: Water Supply
• Utility Concern: Hydro Project
• Political Update: Gutierrez Dismissed from Office (April 2005)
• Third President Forced Out Amid Unrest in Eight Years
• Economic Overview

1.2.9 El Salvador

• Public Works: Budget
• Potable Water Supply Concerns
• Mining Concerns
• Economic Overview

1.2.10 Guatemala

• SAFAD
• Economic Overview

1.2.11 Honduras

• Transportation Infrastructure: Roads/Bridges
• Utility Concerns: Water Supply Infrastructure

1.2.12 Mexico

• Utility Concerns: Electricity
• Utility Concern: Hydro Projects
• Environmental Concerns
• Gas Pipeline
• Economic Overview

1.2.13 Nicaragua

• Despite Difficulties -- Indicators Have Improved
• World Bank commitments
• International Finance Corporation
• Foreign Investment Advisory Service
• Rural Development
• Economic Overview

1.2.14 Panama

• Expansion of the Panama Canal
• Economic Overview

1.2.15 Paraguay

• News Loans Total US$28.2 Million
• Programmatic Financial Sector Adjustment Loan (PFSAL)
• Recent Rebound of Economy in Paraguay
• Political Uncertainty: Campesinos March
• Civil Strike: Land Crisis
• South Americas Largest Groundwater Reservoir
• Economic Overview

1.2.16 Peru

• Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure Projects
• Agricultural Research and Extension Program
• Economic Overview

1.2.17 Uruguay

• South Americas Largest Groundwater Reservoir
• Telecommunications Concerns
• Transportation system
• Road transportation
• The Colonia-Buenos Aires Bridge
• Southern Cone Highway Hub
• Railroad transportation
• River and Sea Transportation
• Paraguay-Parana Waterway
• Air transportation
• Energy
• Gas Pipeline
• Energy deregulation
• Water supply
• Economic Reform In Uruguay
• Economic Overview

1.2.18 Venezuela

• Labor and Infrastructure
• Fog Collection Evaluation Project
• Political News (2005) Venezuela, Cuba Forge Anti-U.S. Alliance
• Economic Overview

2. Market Forecast, by Resin Type & Nominal Diameter Size

2.1 Latin American Overview

• PVC Pipe Currently Leads in Consumption Value

2.2 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipe

• Consumption Value of PVC Pipe in Latin America
• Average Selling Price (ASP) x Quantity Explanation
• Average Selling Price (ASP) x Quantity Explanation
• Consumption Volume of PVC Pipe (Quantity: Million Feet)
• Nominal-Size (O.D.) 6 to 24-Inch Pipe Leads PVC Value

2.3 High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) & Medium Density

• Polyethylene (MDPE) Pipe
• Potable Water Application:
• PennDOT deep Burial study
• Medium Density Polyethylene (PE) Pipes
• Standards
• Wall Thickness and Hydrostatic Design Basis (HDB)
• PE80 and PE100 Designations
• MDPE and HDPE
• MDPE: Pipes for the Gas Distribution Market
• HDPE & MDPE Pipe Market Forecast: Triple by Year 2014
• Categorized Together For the Purpose of Market Analysis
• Mexico Leads in HDPE & MDPE Pipe Consumption Market Share
• HDPE & MDPE Pipe Use to Reach 183 Million Feet By 2014
• Nominal-Size (O.D.) 6 to 24-Inch Leads HDPE & MDPE Pipe
• Consumption Value

2.4 Polypropylene (PP) Pipe

• Polypropylene Pipe Product Features
• Polypropylene piping best for UV protection
• Polypropylene (PP) Pipe Systems
• PP Pipe Market Forecast
• Average Selling Price (ASP) x Quantity Explanation
• Mexico Leads in PP Consumption Market Share
• PP Consumption Volume (Quantity) Forecast
• Nominal-Size (O.D.) 6 to 24-Inch Pipe Leads PP Consumption Value

2.5 Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC

• CPVC Pipe Market (2004-2014)
• Average Selling Price (ASP) x Quantity Explanation
• Mexico Leads in CPCV Consumption Market Share
• CPVC Consumption Quantity Forecast (2004-2014)
• Small Nominal-Sized O.D. Leads CPVC Pipe Value

2.6 Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS)

• ABS Pipe Market Forecast (2004-2014)
• Average Selling Price (ASP) x Quantity Explanation
• Mexico Leads in ABS Consumption Market Share
• ABS Pipe Quantity Forecast (2004-2014)
• Nominal-Sized 2 to <6-Inch O.D. Leads ABS Pipe Value

2.7 Low Density & Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE & LLDPE

• Linear Low Density Polyethylene is More Robust
• LDPE & LLDPE Pipe Market Forecast
• Categorized Together For the Purpose of Market Analysis
• Mexico Leads in LDPE & LLDPE Consumption Market Share
• LDPE & LLDPE Pipe Quantity Forecast
• Nominal-Size 6 to 24-Inch O.D. Leads LDPE & LLDPE Pipe Value

2.8 "Other" Types of Plastic Pipe

• Cross-Linked PE: PEX
• PEX: Attractive for Higher Temperature Applications
• Hot and Cold Water Applications
• PEX-AL-PEX: Compressed Air & Compressed Gas Systems
• Other Plastics: Specialty Applications
• Polyamide 11 (PA 11)
• Polyaryletherketone (PEEK)
• PVDF Application: Ultrapure Water
• Polybutylene (PB)
• HIPS - (High Impact Polystyrene
• "Other" Types of Plastic Pipe Market Value Forecast
• Average Selling Price (ASP) x Quantity Explanation
• Few Thousand Feet (?)
• Mexico Leads in "Other" Consumption Market Share
• "Other" Types of Plastic Pipe Consumption Quantity
• Smaller Nominal-Size O.D. Pipe Leads "Other" Category

3. Application Forecast, by Country

3.1 Overview

• Market is Segmented Into Five (5) Applications, by Country
• Consumption Market Forecast
• Municipality Infrastructures Lead in Consumption Value
• Building Infrastructures
• Residential Building Infrastructures
• Commercial Building Infrastructures
• Government & Institutional Building Infrastructures
• Municipality Infrastructures
• DWV Municipality Infrastructures
• Municipality Water Supply Infrastructures
• Municipality Conduit Infrastructures
• Utility Infrastructures
• Communication Duct Infrastructures
• Gas, Oil & Electric Utility Infrastructures
• Agriculture and Landscape Plastic Pipes
• "Other" Applications

3.2 Argentina Plastic Pipe Market Forecast

3.2.1 Overview

• Consumption Market Forecast (2004-2014)

3.2.2 Argentina: Market Forecast by Application

• Building Infrastructures
• Residential Building Infrastructures
• Commercial Building Infrastructures
• Government/Institutional Building Infrastructures
• Municipality Infrastructures
• DWV Municipality Infrastructures
• Municipality Water Supply Infrastructures
• Municipality Conduit Infrastructures
• Utility Infrastructures
• Communication Duct Infrastructures
• Gas, Oil & Electric Utility Infrastructures
• Agriculture and Landscape Plastic Pipes
• "Other" Applications

3.3 Bolivia Plastic Pipe Market Forecast

3.3.1 Overview

• Consumption Value to Remain Relatively Low in Bolivia

3.3.2 Bolivia: Market Forecast by Application

• Building Infrastructures
• Residential Building Infrastructures
• Commercial Building Infrastructures
• Government/Institutional Building Infrastructures
• Municipality Infrastructures
• DWV Municipality Infrastructures
• Municipality Water Supply Infrastructures
• Municipality Conduit Infrastructures
• Utility Infrastructures
• Communication Duct Infrastructures
• Gas, Oil & Electric Utility Infrastructures
• Agriculture and Landscape Plastic Pipes
• "Other applications

3.4 Brazil Plastic Pipe Market Forecast

3.4.1 Overview

• Consumption Value to Nearly Triple by 2014 in Brazil

3.4.2 Brazil: Market Forecast by Application

• Building Infrastructure
• Residential Building Infrastructures
• Commercial Building Infrastructures
• Government/Institutional Building Infrastructures
• Municipality Infrastructures
• DWV Municipality Infrastructures
• Municipality Water Supply Infrastructures
• Municipality Conduit Infrastructures
• Utility Infrastructures
• Communication Duct Infrastructures
• Gas, Oil & Electric Utility Infrastructures
• Agriculture and Landscape Plastic Pipes
• "Other" applications