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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.
Peru is a comparatively small pharmaceutical market in Latin America (ranking eighth in terms of sales volume in 2018), with a relatively young and growing population. However, public health spending is growing at a rapid pace, particularly in ...
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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 ...
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India’s pharmaceutical and healthcare sector holds considerable growth potential. The pharmaceuticals subsector, in particular, is especially strong. India is a leader in the global market for generic drugs. The country’s exported ...
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Colombia was the fourth-largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America in terms of sales volume in 2018, with a large and growing population, a universal but underfunded social security health insurance system, and a small but rapidly developing ...
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Indonesia has one of the fastest-growing pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors in the ASEAN region, in large part due to the government’s active role in encouraging development. Still, Indonesia’s healthcare services provision is ...
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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, ...
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In the fourth quarter of 2019, China’s production volume of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) declined by 12.7% y/y to 633,000 tonnes, mainly due to the environment-driven production cuts. The decline in output dragged down the ...
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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 ...
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In the past two decades, Latin America has embraced a universal health strategy, based on the principles of equity, solidarity and collective action. This strategy required steadily growing public expenditure on health in order to guarantee universal ...
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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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