Commodity Chemicals in Germany

Commodity Chemicals in Germany

Datamonitor's Commodity Chemicals in Germany industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the commodity chemicals industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

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* Inform your business decisions

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Market Definition

The global commodity chemicals market is valued as the revenues accrued by companies from the sales of industrial chemicals and basic chemicals. These include but are not limited to plastics, synthetic fibers, films, commodity-based paints & pigments, explosives and petrochemicals.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Five Forces Analysis 12
5.1 Summary 12
5.2 Buyer Power 13
5.3 Supplier Power 14
5.4 New Entrants 15
5.5 Substitutes 16
5.6 Rivalry 17
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 18
6.1 BASF SE 18
6.2 Bayer AG 23
6.3 The Dow Chemical Company 27
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 33
7.1 Market Value Forecast 33
CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 34
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 36
9.1 Methodology 36
9.2 Industry Associations 37
9.3 Related Datamonitor Research 37

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Germany Commodity Chemicals Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: Germany Commodity Chemicals Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 10
Table 3: Germany Commodity Chemicals Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 11
Table 4: Key Facts: BASF SE 18
Table 5: Key Financials: BASF SE 22
Table 6: Key Facts: Bayer AG 23
Table 7: Key Financials: Bayer AG 26
Table 8: Key Facts: The Dow Chemical Company 27
Table 9: Key Financials: The Dow Chemical Company 32
Table 10: Germany Commodity Chemicals Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007- 2012 33
Table 11: Germany Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 34
Table 12: Germany GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 34
Table 13: Germany Inflation, 2003-2007 34
Table 14: Germany Exchange Rate, 2003 35