Adhesive tape business market in Japan

JATMAKensei Takahashi

１．Function of adhesive tape

Not only bonding, PSA have many function

すべる

粘着テープの機能

PSA

Protect

Bond

Remove

Transmit

Resist

Reflect

Sweep

Mark

２．Adhesive tape application

２．Application

PSA tape gives the solution to customer by combinationof various function.

２．Application of PSA tape 日本粘着テープ工業会

Electronics

Electrical products

Power energy Building,

Construction

Automotive Agriculture Medical

World PSA tape sales in 2013 40billion $ (FreedoniaJapanese PSA tape sales in 2016 3.7billions $(400Bil JPY)

less than 10% of world market.

３．PSA tape world market 日本粘着テープ工業会

４．JATMA

４．PSA tape sales from JATMA Statistics

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Adhesive tape sales in last 10 years

Volume(Milions sqm) Sales amount(100M yen) Avg price(Yen/sqm)

2017 Sales volume is 953 millions square meters, and declining

gradually over the last decade

2017 Sales value is 123.7billions yen, highest over the last

decade

Overall price has risen 11% over the last decade

４．JATMA Statistics

The volume of paper

tape keeps 41%, but

sales amount declines

to 16%.

Cloth tape keeps 15%

volume, sales value also

same.

Film tape keeps 36-39%

volume, sales value

keeps 35-36%.

The volume percentage

of Double side tape has

risen from 5% to 7%

over the last decade,

the sales value

percentage is very high,

29% in 2017

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

2008

2017

Composition by volume

Paper Cloth Film Double Others

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

2008

2017

Composition by sales amount

Paper Cloth Film Double Others

①Packaging tape・Kraft paper

②Masking tape・Washi・Crepe

・The volume of Kraft tapeshares 80% from paper total, sales value is 58% 2017・Washi tape is growing by export

4-1 Paper tape

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Kraft Washi Crepe

Paper tape Sales value

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Kraft Washi Crepe

Paper tape Export sales

2008 2017

① PackagingStaple fiber

② ProtectionPlastic woven

・プラ繊維

Cloth tape total salesvalue and volume has no change , but Plastic woven tape is growing and price going down.

4-2 Cloth tape

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Staple fiber

Plastic woven

Cloth tape Sales value(100 millions yen)

2017 2008

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2008 2017

Cloth tape sales price going down

Staple fiber Plastic woven

①Packaging・Cellophane・OPP

②Electronic・PET・PVC・PE・PTFE

Film tape volume is declining,2017 OPP 20% less than 2008.Sales value of PTFE is growing up dramatically

4-3 Film tape

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2008

2017

Film tape 2008-2017 Volume(Million sqm)

PTFE PET PVC PE PP Cellophane

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

2008

2017

Film tape sales value(2008-2017)(100millions yen)

PTFE PET PVC PE PP Cellophane

① Bonding・Paper・Film・Foam・Cloth

② AssemblyProcess

・Film・adhesive film

4-4 Double side tape

0,0 10,0 20,0 30,0 40,0 50,0 60,0 70,0

2008

2017

38,1

38,1

3,0

2,7

10,2

13,6

5,1

9,7

Volume composion of W-side tape(Million sqm)

Paper Cloth Film Foam Others

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2008

2017

Sales value composition of W-side tape(100 millions yen)

Paper Cloth Film Foam Others

Volume and Sales value of double

side tape increased 16%(volume)

21%(Value）over the last decade.

Adhesive film and foam W side tape

for assembly process growing rapidly.

5. Tapes import & export from Japan Tariff Association

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Value

Volume

Export

Import

2017 Export value of

adhesive tape

( include processed

products) is 307

billions yen.

2017 Import value of

adhesive tape is

61 billions yen.

Import value Is 1/5

of Export value.

Both import and

export is increasing

5. Tapes import & export from the customs statistics

Export value consists in 80% of

PET tape and others( include

processed products).

PET and others keeps going up.

PP,PVC,Cloth,Paper are very small.

Import value is proportionally

dependent with PP ,PVC and

Paper.

Cloth has increased from 2014.

PET is very small counter to the

export.

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5. Tapes import & export from the customs statistics

Tapes export has increased from 221 billions yen to 307 billions over the last 10

years. Exporting country are majorly Asian countries such as China, Korea

Thailand

Exporting country 2008 Exporting country 2017

China23%

South Korea18%

Taiwan17%

Hongkong9%

EU8%

USA4%

other21%

China29%

Taiwan16%

SouthKorea11%

Hongkong

9%

USA4%

Thailand4%

other17%

2008 total exporting value is 221 billions yen. 2017 total exporting value is 307 billions yen

5. Tapes import & export from the customs statistics

Importing country 2008 Importing country 2017

2008 total importing value is 39 billions yen. 2017 total exporting value is 61.5 billions yen

USA25%

China22%

Taiwan

16%

SouthKorea13%

EU11%

Indonesia2%

others12%

China33%

USA19%

SouthKorea13%

Taiwan11%

Indone…

Thailand3%

EU5%

Other5%

Tapes import has increased from 39 billions yen to 61.5 billions over the last 10

years. Importing country are USA and Asian countries such as China, South

Korea Indonesia.

6. Summary

• Japanese PSA tape market volume is shrinking slowly.

• Export sales leads the tape production, Asian countries

shares 2/3 of all export of PSA tape.

• Much of the Japanese domestic market for conventional

tape products is gradually being taken over by the other

countries products

• Tape manufacturer advanced domestic high value-added

production.

• Double side tape is growing consistently.