Table 1: Protective coatings market by region in 2019, 2020 and estimates for 2024 (volumes in metric tonnes). Source: IRL The market research firm IRL published in May 2020 the annual protective coatings report programme. The 2020 numbers were estimated based on feedback from the industry and the macro-economic and construction indicators available at the time. Sales to all regions were expected to decline apart from the Asia-Pacific region where China should have managed to grow albeit at a slower rate than in previous years. The experts estimated the size of the global ...