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Polyethylene Copolymer
Polyethylene copolymers incorporate ethylene with another monomer, producing a range of materials whose branching, polarity and properties depend on the comonomer and its content.

Product & engineering
Understand the product.
No. Identify the comonomer family and grade function. Combining non-polar film resins with polar adhesive or elastomeric copolymers can obscure different value chains, units and substitution patterns.
What turns activity into demand
Pipe, film or moulding output creates resin demand through qualified recipes and material intensity. Yield, recycled content and process losses determine purchased virgin polymer, while the approved grade constrains substitution.
The commercial boundary
Resin, formulated compounds and converted products are different revenue objects. Density, catalyst and application categories may overlap and should not be treated as independent markets by default.
Is polyethylene copolymer a sufficiently narrow market definition?
No. Identify the comonomer family and grade function. Combining non-polar film resins with polar adhesive or elastomeric copolymers can obscure different value chains, units and substitution patterns.
Selected research
Market Structure
Global Polyethylene Copolymer Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2021-2032
Market perspective
The global Polyethylene Copolymer market is projected to grow from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, implying a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The US & Canada market for Polyethylene Copolymer is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The Europe market for Polyethylene Copolymer is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
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The Asia Pacific market for Polyethylene Copolymer is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The China market for Polyethylene Copolymer is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
Leading global manufacturers of Polyethylene Copolymer include CNPC, Sinopec, INEOS, Dow, Formosa Plastics, SABIC, Mitsubishi Chemical, Mitsui Chemicals and LyondellBasell, among others. In 2025, the top three vendors together accounted for approximately % of global revenue.
On the production side, the report examines Polyethylene Copolymer output, growth rates, and market shares by manufacturer and by region (at regional and country level) for 2021-2026, with forecasts through 2032.
On the consumption side, the report analyzes sales of Polyethylene Copolymer by region (regional and country level), company, type, and application for 2021-2026 and provides forecasts through 2032.
The report provides an overview of the global Polyethylene Copolymer market in terms of capacity, output, revenue, and price, analyzing global market trends using historical revenue and sales data for 2021-2025, estimates for 2026, and projected CAGRs through 2032.
The study covers key producers of Polyethylene Copolymer and consumption patterns in major regions and countries, assesses future market potential, and highlights priority regions and countries for segmenting the market into sub-sectors, with country-specific market value data for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, the Middle East, Africa, and other countries.
The report also presents Polyethylene Copolymer sales, revenue, market share, and industry ranking for the main manufacturers for 2021-2026, identifies the major stakeholders in the global market, and analyzes their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues.
In addition, the report analyzes segment data by type and application—covering sales, revenue, and price—for 2021-2032, and evaluates and forecasts the Polyethylene Copolymer market size, projected growth trends, production technologies, key applications, and end-use industries.
Polyethylene Copolymer Segment by Company
CNPC
Sinopec
INEOS
Dow
Formosa Plastics
SABIC
Mitsubishi Chemical
Mitsui Chemicals
LyondellBasell
Hanwha
Borealis
Braskem
BASF
ExxonMobil Chemical
TotalEnergies
Reliance Industries
Nova Chemicals
LG Chem
Indorama Ventures
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Celanese
Polyethylene Copolymer Segment by Type
POP/POE
LLDPE/VLDPE
EMA/EEA/EBA
EVA
Other
Polyethylene Copolymer Segment by Application
Packaging
Wire & Cable
Foam/Footwear
Sporting Goods
Other
Polyethylene Copolymer Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Study Objectives
1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.
Reasons to Buy This Report
1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Polyethylene Copolymer market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Polyethylene Copolymer and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market.
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally.
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Polyethylene Copolymer.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the Polyethylene Copolymer market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, production value, capacity, and average price forecasts (2021-2032).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Polyethylene Copolymer industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Polyethylene Copolymer market competition landscape. Including Polyethylene Copolymer manufacturers' output value, output and average price from 2021 to 2026, as well as competition analysis indicators such as origin, product type, application, merger and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: Production/Production Value of Polyethylene Copolymer by region. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 8: Consumption of Polyethylene Copolymer in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Concluding Insights of the report.
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Tables and figures
Scope & coverage.
Types
- POP/POE
- LLDPE/VLDPE
- EMA/EEA/EBA
- EVA
- Other
Applications
- Packaging
- Wire & Cable
- Foam/Footwear
- Sporting Goods
- Other
Companies covered
- CNPC
- Sinopec
- INEOS
- Dow
- Formosa Plastics
- SABIC
- Mitsubishi Chemical
- Mitsui Chemicals
- LyondellBasell
- Hanwha
- Borealis
- Braskem
- BASF
- ExxonMobil Chemical
- TotalEnergies
- Reliance Industries
- Nova Chemicals
- LG Chem
- Indorama Ventures
- Chevron Phillips Chemical
- Celanese
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.2.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.3 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.4 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Market Average Price (2021-2032)
- 1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
- 1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Market Dynamics
- 2.1 Polyethylene Copolymer Industry Trends
- 2.2 Polyethylene Copolymer Industry Drivers
- 2.3 Polyethylene Copolymer Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 2.4 Polyethylene Copolymer Industry Restraints
3 Polyethylene Copolymer Market by Manufacturers
- 3.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Average Price by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Manufacturers Established Date
- 3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
- 3.8.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Polyethylene Copolymer Players Market Share by Production Value in 2025
- 3.8.3 2025 Polyethylene Copolymer Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Polyethylene Copolymer Market by Type
- 4.1 Polyethylene Copolymer Type Introduction
- 4.1.1 POP/POE
- 4.1.2 LLDPE/VLDPE
- 4.1.3 EMA/EEA/EBA
- 4.1.4 EVA
- 4.1.5 Other
- 4.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Type
- 4.2.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.2.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.2.3 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Type
- 4.3.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.3.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3.3 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
5 Polyethylene Copolymer Market by Application
- 5.1 Polyethylene Copolymer Application Introduction
- 5.1.1 Packaging
- 5.1.2 Wire & Cable
- 5.1.3 Foam/Footwear
- 5.1.4 Sporting Goods
- 5.1.5 Other
- 5.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Application
- 5.2.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.2.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.2.3 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Application
- 5.3.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.3.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3.3 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 CNPC
- 6.1.1 CNPC Company Information
- 6.1.2 CNPC Business Overview
- 6.1.3 CNPC Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 CNPC Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 CNPC Recent Developments
- 6.2 Sinopec
- 6.2.1 Sinopec Company Information
- 6.2.2 Sinopec Business Overview
- 6.2.3 Sinopec Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 Sinopec Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 Sinopec Recent Developments
- 6.3 INEOS
- 6.3.1 INEOS Company Information
- 6.3.2 INEOS Business Overview
- 6.3.3 INEOS Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 INEOS Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 INEOS Recent Developments
- 6.4 Dow
- 6.4.1 Dow Company Information
- 6.4.2 Dow Business Overview
- 6.4.3 Dow Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.4.4 Dow Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.4.5 Dow Recent Developments
- 6.5 Formosa Plastics
- 6.5.1 Formosa Plastics Company Information
- 6.5.2 Formosa Plastics Business Overview
- 6.5.3 Formosa Plastics Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.5.4 Formosa Plastics Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.5.5 Formosa Plastics Recent Developments
- 6.6 SABIC
- 6.6.1 SABIC Company Information
- 6.6.2 SABIC Business Overview
- 6.6.3 SABIC Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.6.4 SABIC Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.6.5 SABIC Recent Developments
- 6.7 Mitsubishi Chemical
- 6.7.1 Mitsubishi Chemical Company Information
- 6.7.2 Mitsubishi Chemical Business Overview
- 6.7.3 Mitsubishi Chemical Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.7.4 Mitsubishi Chemical Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.7.5 Mitsubishi Chemical Recent Developments
- 6.8 Mitsui Chemicals
- 6.8.1 Mitsui Chemicals Company Information
- 6.8.2 Mitsui Chemicals Business Overview
- 6.8.3 Mitsui Chemicals Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.8.4 Mitsui Chemicals Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.8.5 Mitsui Chemicals Recent Developments
- 6.9 LyondellBasell
- 6.9.1 LyondellBasell Company Information
- 6.9.2 LyondellBasell Business Overview
- 6.9.3 LyondellBasell Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.9.4 LyondellBasell Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.9.5 LyondellBasell Recent Developments
- 6.10 Hanwha
- 6.10.1 Hanwha Company Information
- 6.10.2 Hanwha Business Overview
- 6.10.3 Hanwha Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.10.4 Hanwha Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.10.5 Hanwha Recent Developments
- 6.11 Borealis
- 6.11.1 Borealis Company Information
- 6.11.2 Borealis Business Overview
- 6.11.3 Borealis Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.11.4 Borealis Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.11.5 Borealis Recent Developments
- 6.12 Braskem
- 6.12.1 Braskem Company Information
- 6.12.2 Braskem Business Overview
- 6.12.3 Braskem Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.12.4 Braskem Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.12.5 Braskem Recent Developments
- 6.13 BASF
- 6.13.1 BASF Company Information
- 6.13.2 BASF Business Overview
- 6.13.3 BASF Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.13.4 BASF Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.13.5 BASF Recent Developments
- 6.14 ExxonMobil Chemical
- 6.14.1 ExxonMobil Chemical Company Information
- 6.14.2 ExxonMobil Chemical Business Overview
- 6.14.3 ExxonMobil Chemical Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.14.4 ExxonMobil Chemical Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.14.5 ExxonMobil Chemical Recent Developments
- 6.15 TotalEnergies
- 6.15.1 TotalEnergies Company Information
- 6.15.2 TotalEnergies Business Overview
- 6.15.3 TotalEnergies Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.15.4 TotalEnergies Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.15.5 TotalEnergies Recent Developments
- 6.16 Reliance Industries
- 6.16.1 Reliance Industries Company Information
- 6.16.2 Reliance Industries Business Overview
- 6.16.3 Reliance Industries Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.16.4 Reliance Industries Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.16.5 Reliance Industries Recent Developments
- 6.17 Nova Chemicals
- 6.17.1 Nova Chemicals Company Information
- 6.17.2 Nova Chemicals Business Overview
- 6.17.3 Nova Chemicals Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.17.4 Nova Chemicals Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.17.5 Nova Chemicals Recent Developments
- 6.18 LG Chem
- 6.18.1 LG Chem Company Information
- 6.18.2 LG Chem Business Overview
- 6.18.3 LG Chem Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.18.4 LG Chem Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.18.5 LG Chem Recent Developments
- 6.19 Indorama Ventures
- 6.19.1 Indorama Ventures Company Information
- 6.19.2 Indorama Ventures Business Overview
- 6.19.3 Indorama Ventures Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.19.4 Indorama Ventures Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.19.5 Indorama Ventures Recent Developments
- 6.20 Chevron Phillips Chemical
- 6.20.1 Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Information
- 6.20.2 Chevron Phillips Chemical Business Overview
- 6.20.3 Chevron Phillips Chemical Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.20.4 Chevron Phillips Chemical Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.20.5 Chevron Phillips Chemical Recent Developments
- 6.21 Celanese
- 6.21.1 Celanese Company Information
- 6.21.2 Celanese Business Overview
- 6.21.3 Celanese Polyethylene Copolymer Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.21.4 Celanese Polyethylene Copolymer Product Portfolio
- 6.21.5 Celanese Recent Developments
7 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Region
- 7.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.2.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.2.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.3 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.4 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.4.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.4.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.5 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Market Price Analysis by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2021-2032)
- 7.6.1 North America Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.2 Europe Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.4 South America Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Polyethylene Copolymer Production Value (2021-2032)
8 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Region
- 8.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Region (2021-2032)
- 8.2.1 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Region (2021-2026)
- 8.2.2 Global Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Region (2027-2032)
- 8.3 North America
- 8.3.1 North America Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.3.2 North America Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.3.3 U.S.
- 8.3.4 Canada
- 8.3.5 Mexico
- 8.4 Europe
- 8.4.1 Europe Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.4.2 Europe Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.4.3 Germany
- 8.4.4 France
- 8.4.5 U.K.
- 8.4.6 Italy
- 8.4.7 Netherlands
- 8.5 Asia Pacific
- 8.5.1 Asia Pacific Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.5.2 Asia Pacific Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.5.3 China
- 8.5.4 Japan
- 8.5.5 South Korea
- 8.5.6 Southeast Asia
- 8.5.7 India
- 8.5.8 Australia
- 8.6 South America
- 8.6.1 South America Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.6.2 South America Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.6.3 Brazil
- 8.6.4 Argentina
- 8.6.5 Chile
- 8.6.6 Colombia
- 8.7 Middle East & Africa
- 8.7.1 Middle East & Africa Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Polyethylene Copolymer Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.7.3 Egypt
- 8.7.4 South Africa
- 8.7.5 Israel
- 8.7.6 Türkiye
- 8.7.7 GCC Countries
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.1 Polyethylene Copolymer Value Chain Analysis
- 9.1.1 Polyethylene Copolymer Key Raw Materials
- 9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 9.1.4 Polyethylene Copolymer Production Mode & Process
- 9.2 Polyethylene Copolymer Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 9.2.2 Polyethylene Copolymer Distributors
- 9.2.3 Polyethylene Copolymer Customers
10 Concluding Insights
11 Appendix
- 11.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 11.2 Research Methodology
- 11.3 Research Process
- 11.4 Authors List of This Report
- 11.5 Data Source
- 11.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 11.5.2 Primary Sources
- 11.6 Disclaimer
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