European Chemicals Trends in 2022
Chemicals is part of Materials and includes a number of sub-sectors such as Natural Rubber, Methanol, Ethanol, Butanol and Potash. You may also be interested in Wax.
European Chemicals Sales is expected to reach €662.7 million by 2026. This figure is up from €636.1 million in 2021, an average annual growth rate of 0.7%. Since 2016, the European market has grown 3.6% year on year. Germany holds the top spot in European Chemicals Sales, with €156 million in 2021. France, Italy, and the Netherlands held the second, third, and fourth spots, respectively. Latvia saw the highest growth rate, at 13.3% year on year, while Hungary experienced a 4.5% drop since 2016.
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In 2022 major markets in the Chemicals Industry were:
Global Chemicals Statistics
- Organic Chemicals Import 191 countries (Asia, Africa, Latin America...)
- Organic Chemicals Export 181 countries (Asia, Latin America, Europe...)
- Natural Rubber Import 211 countries (Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe...)
- Natural Rubber Export 212 countries (Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia...)
- Fertilizer Import 210 countries (Africa, Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa...)
- Chemicals Import 191 countries (Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa...)
- Salt Import 192 countries (Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa...)
- Sodium Chloride Import 192 countries (Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa...)
- Fertilizer Export 188 countries (Asia, Africa, Latin America...)
- Chemicals Export 187 countries (Asia, Europe, Latin America...)
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