Commodity Chemicals in the United Kingdom

Commodity Chemicals in the United Kingdom

Datamonitor's Commodity Chemicals in the United Kingdom 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 Royal Dutch Shell plc 23
6.3 Ineos Group Limited 27
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 31
7.1 Market Value Forecast 31
CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 32
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 34
9.1 Methodology 34
9.2 Industry Associations 35
9.3 Related Datamonitor Research 35

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom Commodity Chemicals Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: United Kingdom Commodity Chemicals Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 10
Table 3: United Kingdom 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: Royal Dutch Shell plc 23
Table 7: Key Financials: Royal Dutch Shell plc 26
Table 8: Key Facts: Ineos Group Limited 27
Table 9: United Kingdom Commodity Chemicals Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 31
Table 10: United Kingdom Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 32
Table 11: United Kingdom GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 32
Table 12: United Kingdom Inflation, 2003-2007 32
Table 13: United Kingdom Exchange Rate, 2003 33