TABLE 4.1 Consumption of Flame Retardants by Major Region (millions of
dollars)
Average annual
growth rate
(1998–2003)
1988 1992 1995 1998 percent
United States 470 480 585 630 2.8–3.6
Western Europe 332 559 631 685 3–4
Japan 250 317 348 373 3.8
Other Asia na na 244 390 5.1
Total 1,052 1,356 1,808 2,078 3.5–4%