The Asia Pacific region has register the high-
est and fastest economic growth rate in the
world in the past few year (see Table 1). This
has significantly impact the ASEAN packaging
industry. The total packaging market for the
ASEAN countries was about US$6.5 billion.
The characteristics of the packaging industry
in most of the ASEAN countries are towards
high growth rates, a strong domestic-orienta- tion and national/regional markets.