Chemicals and materials

Brazil ranks among the leading global chemical markets, accounting for 2.6% of the industry’s total net sales in 2018 and ranking sixth in the world. In 2019, sectoral turnover fell by 4.2% y/y to USD 118.7bn, as the local economy posted its ...

In the fourth quarter of 2019, China’s chemical sector’s value added of industry (VAI) rose by 6.2% y/y, 3.5 pp faster than in the same period of 2018. During both Q3 and Q4 2019, China’s economy expanded by a record low of 6% y/y, ...

Brazil is the world’s second largest producer of ethanol and biodiesel after the US, and a pioneer developing biofuels as an economically viable alternative to fossil fuels since the introduction of flex-fuel (dual-fuel) vehicles in the country ...

Poland has a developed and diversified chemical industry, which was the eighth-largest one in the EU in 2018. The country is also the home of one of the leading producers of fertilisers, plasticisers, polyeolfins, polystyrene and soda in Europe, ...

India’s chemicals industry is highly diversified, covering more than 80,000 commercial products. It is broadly classified into basic chemicals, specialty chemicals and agrochemicals. Domestic chemical production is highly concentrated in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The chemicals sector is one of the key pillars of the Chinese economy. It comprises five major subsectors – agricultural chemicals, basic chemicals, synthetic materials, coating and dyestuff, and special purpose chemicals. Over the past two ...

Brazil is the world’s second largest producer of ethanol and biodiesel, and a pioneer in developing biofuels as an economically viable alternative to fossil fuels. The main biofuels in the country are sugarcane ethanol – comprising ...