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The Chemicals industry plays a fundamental role in the modern economy by transforming raw inputs into more than 70,000 products for intermediate or final consumption. As an enabling industry, it stands at the beginning of the value chains of numerous sectors, such as agriculture, food & beverages, consumer goods, construction and pharmaceuticals. It also plays a vital role in promoting human and economic development, improving food security and public health, and ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources.
Activities associated with Chemicals are manufacturing of petroleum and coal products, basic chemicals, resins, polymers and speciality chemicals, industrial gases, fertilisers, paints and coatings, adhesives, plastics and rubber products. A number of consumer goods are also included, such as pharmaceuticals, hygiene and personal care products, cleaning compounds and toiletries.
Due to a growing and ageing population, and an increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases, Brazil became the seventh largest pharmaceutical market in the world in 2018. During the year, retail drug sales, based on pharmacy purchase price (PPP) ...
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Mexico is the second largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America, behind only Brazil, with retail drug sales of USD 10.2bn in 2018. The country also features a growing and ageing population, multiple but underfunded state-run health insurance ...
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The chemical sector is one of the key pillars of the Chinese economy. It comprises five major subsectors – agricultural chemicals, basic chemicals, synthetic materials, paints and coatings, and special purpose chemicals. Over the past two ...
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Although quite different in terms of political and economic systems, the Emerging Europe countries share certain similarities when it comes to their demographic situation and health profile. With the exception of Turkey, whose average birth rate is ...
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In a Latin American context, Chile is not a particularly large pharmaceutical and healthcare market, since its population is relatively small and healthy in terms of the incidence of communicable diseases. However, the country’s changing ...
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In 2018, Argentina was the third largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America with retail drug sales of USD 4.9bn. The country has a large and ageing population, a relatively developed public health system, and a small but consolidated private ...
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To satisfy its growing demand for crops and other agricultural products, China, the world’s most populous country and second biggest economy, needs fertilisers to improve its food supply and demand balance. China uses about 80% of its ...
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Malaysia has one of the most developed pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors in the ASEAN region. The country operates a dual public-private healthcare system in which the government, under the Ministry of Health (“MoH”), both regulates ...
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In the third quarter of 2019, China’s pharmaceutical production volume declined by 47% y/y to 304,000 tonnes, while the sales of pharmaceuticals dropped by 44.2% y/y to 322,700 tonnes. The centralised drug procurement scheme which had been ...
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