Specialty Chemicals in the United States

Introduction

Specialty Chemicals in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United States specialty chemicals market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The specialty chemical market covers the revenues generated from the sales of high value-added chemicals, used in the manufacture of a wide variety of products, including, but not limited to, fine chemicals, additives, advanced polymers, adhesives, sealants and specialty paints, pigments and coatings.

*The US specialty chemicals market had total revenue of $187.7 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7% between 2007 and 2011.

*Paints, coating and surface treatments sales proved the most lucrative for the US specialty chemicals market in 2011, with total revenues of $53.9 billion.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 3.5% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $222.7 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key specialty chemicals market players’ global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United States economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the United States specialty chemicals market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the United States specialty chemicals market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United States specialty chemicals market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up the United States's specialty chemicals market?

Specialty Chemical Industry in the United States

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Category segmentation 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market Segmentation 9
Category segmentation 9
Geography segmentation 10
Market Outlook 11
Market value forecast 11
Five Forces Analysis 12
Summary 12
Buyer power 13
Supplier power 14
New entrants 15
Threat of substitutes 16
Degree of rivalry 17
Leading Companies 18
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company 18
Exxon Mobil Corporation 22
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. 25
The Dow Chemical Company 28
Macroeconomic Indicators 33
Country Data 33
Appendix 35
Methodology 35
Industry associations 36
Related MarketLine research 36

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States specialty chemicals market value: $ billion, 2007–11 8
Table 2: United States specialty chemicals market category segmentation: $ billion, 2011 9
Table 3: United States specialty chemicals market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2011 10
Table 4: United States specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16 11
Table 5: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key facts 18
Table 6: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key financials ($) 20
Table 7: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key financial ratios 20
Table 8: Exxon Mobil Corporation: key facts 22
Table 9: Exxon Mobil Corporation: key financials ($) 23
Table 10: Exxon Mobil Corporation: key financial ratios 23
Table 11: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.: key facts 25
Table 12: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.: key financials ($) 26
Table 13: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.: key financial ratios 26
Table 14: The Dow Chemical Company: key facts 28
Table 15: The Dow Chemical Company: key financials ($) 30
Table 16: The Dow Chemical Company: key financial ratios 31
Table 17: United States size of population (million), 2007–11 33
Table 18: United States gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007–11 33
Table 19: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2007–11 33
Table 20: United States inflation, 2007–11 34
Table 21: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2007–11 34
Table 22: United States exchange rate, 2007–11 34

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United States specialty chemicals market value: $ billion, 2007–11 8
Figure 2: United States specialty chemicals market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2011 9
Figure 3: United States specialty chemicals market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2011 10
Figure 4: United States specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16 11
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the specialty chemicals market in the United States, 2011 12
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the specialty chemicals market in the United States, 2011 13
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the specialty chemicals market in the United States, 2011 14
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the specialty chemicals market in the United States, 2011 15
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the specialty chemicals market in the United States, 2011 16
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the specialty chemicals market in the United States, 2011 17
Figure 11: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: revenues & profitability 20
Figure 12: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: assets & liabilities 21
Figure 13: Exxon Mobil Corporation: revenues & profitability 23
Figure 14: Exxon Mobil Corporation: assets & liabilities 24
Figure 15: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 16: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.: assets & liabilities 27
Figure 17: The Dow Chemical Company: revenues & profitability 31
Figure 18: The Dow Chemical Company: assets & liabilities 32