European Chemical Trends in 2022
Chemical is part of Heavy Industry and includes a number of sub-sectors such as Petrochemical, Specialty Chemical, Renewable Chemical, Oleochemicals and Chlor Alkali. You may also be interested in Manufacturing, Electronics and Automotive.
European chemicals manufacturing production is set to reach €403 billion by 2026. In 2021, it stood at €398 billion, a slight decrease of 0.2% compared to the average rate of change seen since 2016. Germany was the biggest producer in 2021, with €135 billion. France, Italy and the Netherlands respectively came in second, third and fourth place. Latvia saw the biggest increase, growing 9.1% year-on-year, while Slovakia was the only country to record a decrease, down 2% since 2016.
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In 2022 major markets in the Chemical Industry were:
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- Chemical Products Import 192 countries (Asia, Africa, Latin America...)
- Plastic Import 193 countries (Asia, Africa, Latin America...)
- Plastic Export 192 countries (Asia, Latin America, Europe...)
- Chemical Products Export 184 countries (Asia, Latin America, Africa...)
- Cleaning Compound Import 191 countries (Africa, Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa...)
- Polymers Import 191 countries (Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa...)
- Dye Import 187 countries (Asia, Africa, Latin America...)
- Cleaning Compound Export 184 countries (Asia, Latin America, Africa...)
- Fabric Import 192 countries (Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa...)
- Nitrogen Production 39 countries (Western Europe, Europe, Germany...)
