With 23 Member companies reporting, PCI reported sales volume of 314 million pounds with a dollar value of $775 million. The average cost per pound was therefore around $2.46/pound. Using that unit price per pound the estimated pounds sold by all companies (PCI Members and others) was around 337,063,414 pounds, not the reported 73,946,000. PCI reported growth for North American powder coating sales from 2003 to 2004 was 6.5 percent. Estimated growth by PCI for 2005 is around 5 percent.
A look at the worldwide market shows that the trend in developing nations is for more growth with Eastern Europe and the Far East leading the way (see table).