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Facts and FiguresThe European chemicals industry in a worldwide perspective (September 2010)

Dr Moncef Hadhri: Chief Economist: Cefic

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Chemical Industry Profile

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World chemicals sales: geographic breakdown

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World chemicals sales by region

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World exports and imports of chemicals: regional shares

Source: Cefic Chemdata International

World exports of chemicals*, 2009 (share %)

World imports of chemicals*, 2009 (share %)

*including intra EU trade

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EU chemical industry sales: geographic breakdown

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EU chemicals industry sales: sectoral breakdown

Source: Cefic Chemdata International

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EU chemicals industry sales: structure by destination

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EU chemical industry sales structure

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Added value in EU chemicals and other manufacturing sectors

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EU manufacturing industry: gross operating surplus/ turnover

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Contribution of the chemical industry to the EU economy

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EU chemical industry: number of enterprises, sales and employment by size-class

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European chemical industry’s public image

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International TradeInternational Trade

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Extra-EU chemicals trade balance

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Extra-EU chemicals trade by region (exports & imports)

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NAFTA20.4

32.2

LAC**3.1

7.0

Africa2.4

8.0 Rest of the World

1.4

5.5

Rest of Europe

29.5

19.5

Asia*29.5

22.5

Japan5.3

5.1

Source: Cefic Chemdata International

Extra-EU chemicals trade flows with major geographic blocs

* excl. Japan; **Latin America and the Caribbean

EU chemicals trade flows in euro billion (2009)

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EU chemicals trade surplus: sectoral breakdown

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EU chemicals trade competitive analysis broken down by region

EU has a trade surplus but its positive competitive position weakened

EU has a trade surplus and its healthy competitive position improved

EU has a trade deficit and its competitive position weakened

EU has a trade deficit but its weak competitive position improved

Source: Cefic Chemdata International; (2000-2004) vs. (2005-2009)

 USA Japan Brazil Russia India China

South Korea

Middle East Asia

Rest of Asia

Basic Inorganics                    

Petrochemicals                   

Polymers                   

Specialty Chemicals                   

Consumer Chemicals                   

Chemicals (sum)                    

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EU chemicals trade competitive analysis broken down by sector

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EU chemicals trade competitive analysis broken down by region

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Growth

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Production, trade and consumption growth

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Chemicals growth performance against total manufacturing

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EU chemicals production growth: latest trend and outlook

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EU Chemical outlook

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International comparison of production growth

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International comparison of production growth (continued)

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Chemicals sales by country: top 30

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Cost

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Cost structure

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Labour cost per employee

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Labour cost per employee and productivity

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Energy

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EU chemicals* industry energy consumption by source

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Energy intensity* in the EU chemicals industry

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Energy intensity*: European Union versus United States

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Employment

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Employment in the chemicals industry: EU versus the USA

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Labour productivity

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EU manufacturing industry: breakdown of investment per employee

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EU manufacturing industry: breakdown of labour cost per employee

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EU labour productivity: chemicals vs. total manufacturing

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EU chemicals industry: percentage of workers by level of education

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Investment and R&D

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Capital spending* in the EU

Source: Cefic Chemdata International*including pharmaceuticals

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Capital spending* by region

*including pharmaceuticals, **estimated data for Japan Source: Cefic Chemdata International

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R&D spending by region

**estimated for EU13 Source: Cefic Chemdata International

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Total R&D spending

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Sustainable Development

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Greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and production

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Greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy consumption and per unit of production

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Greenhouse gas emissions per production: EU versus US