Recently, the European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA) published as its annual report the latest statistics on the European market for inks. Unsurprisingly, for 2020, the figures it reported were generally a setback for the industry, as demand was seen to shrink in most economies. Turkey proved to be among the few gainers in terms of annual ink demand during the pandemic year, while all of the major economies saw ink demand fall, as seen below. Here are some of the highlights: • The European market for packaging inks fell by 1% in 2020 to 530,000 tons, while the market for publication inks fell by nearly 20% to 290,000 tons. This gives packaging inks a total of 64% of the market, and publication inks 36% in volume terms. • By value, the European market for packaging inks in 2020 was valued at €2 billion, which represented a 1.7% fall in value. The cumulative value of all publication inks sold in 2020 reached €800 million, which was an 18.4% decrease. These