Feedstock accounted for almost 60% of total energy products and fuel and power for a little bit more than 40%, taking all sources of energy into account. This implies that most of the energy used by the chemical industry as feedstock is stored in the products and through recycling can still be reused.

Regarding other raw materials the chemical industry also uses a broad variety of natural or processed starting materials, e.g. metals, minerals and agricultural raw materials (sugar, starch, fats, etc.).