Commodity Chemicals in the United States

Commodity Chemicals in the United States

Datamonitor's Commodity Chemicals in the United States 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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* Save time carrying out entry-level research

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.

For the purpose of this report the Americas comprises Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the US.

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

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

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 17
5.6 Rivalry 18
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 19
6.1 The Dow Chemical Company 19
6.2 Exxon Mobil Corporation 25
6.3 E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company 28
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 32
7.1 Market Value Forecast 32
CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 33
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 States Commodity Chemicals Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: United States Commodity Chemicals Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 10
Table 3: United States Commodity Chemicals Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 11
Table 4: Key Facts: The Dow Chemical Company 19
Table 5: Key Financials: The Dow Chemical Company 24
Table 6: Key Facts: Exxon Mobil Corporation 25
Table 7: Key Financials: Exxon Mobil Corporation 27
Table 8: Key Facts: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company 28
Table 9: Key Financials: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company 31
Table 10: United States Commodity Chemicals Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 32
Table 11: United States Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 33
Table 12: United States GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 33
Table 13: United States Inflation, 2003-2007 33