Contents
Foreword
1. Profile of the chemical industry
2. International trade
3. Growth of the chemical industry
4. Cost and Prices
5. Energy
6. Employment
7. Investment and R&TD8. Environment
Appendices
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Facts & Figures 2000

1. Profile of the chemical industry

This chapter is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF (click HERE to view/download it - 97 Kb). It contains the following charts:
1.1 Geographic breakdown of world chemicals production
1.2 World network of major chemicals trade flows
1.3 Geographic breakdown of the EU chemical industry production
1.4 Sectoral breakdown of the EU chemical industry production
1.5 EU chemical industry sales structure by destination
1.6 EU chemical industry sales structure by destination (%)
1.7 EU chemical industry sales structure by destination (cont’d)
1.8 EU chemicals apparent consumption structure by origin
1.9 EU chemical industry consumption structure
1.10 The place of EU chemicals in the manufacturing industry: the largest trade surplus
1.11 The place of EU chemicals: the fourth largest turnover
1.12 Contribution of the chemical industry to the EU economy
1.13 30 top chemical companies in the world: 1999
1.14 Number of enterprises & sales by employment size-class

 

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