This invention relates to a polyester/polyamide blend having an excellent
gas barrier property. More particularly, the present invention relates to
combinations of a polyethylene terephthalate polymer and a polyamide
polymer having an excellent gas barrier property and short oxygen
scavenging induction periods, where the polyamide polymer has a C:A
terminal group concentration ratio of 2:1 or more and a C+A terminal
group concentration of at least 0.17 meq/g of polyamide polymer, wherein
C represents a cumulative total of a terminal carboxyl group
concentration and a terminal hydrocarbyl group concentration expressed in
meq/g of polyamide, and A represents a terminal amine group concentration
expressed in meq/g of polyamide.