I would think even more plastics will come from Asian areas since most of the plastics mills in the US are in the LA area that Katrina hit.I bought a roll of plastic a while back and the mill it came from was in Monroe,La.Since plastics are a petrolium product-many plastics mills were located in the area near New Orleans.I wonder what happened to these mills-were they destroyed?or abandoned becuase the staff evacuated,lost their homes and couldn't return?Maybe someone who lives there can clear up the mystery-just wondered if those factories were still operating.