VCI forecasts slight rebound in chemicals output in Germany next year

Production of chemicals, excluding pharmaceuticals, will increase 1% in Germany during 2013, compared with 2012, chemical industry association VCI (Frankfurt) says. Sales generated by Germany's chemical industry, excluding pharmaceuticals, will increase 1.5% next year, with selling prices edging up 0.5%, VCI says. VCI, meanwhile, reconfirmed its earlier forecast of a 3% decline in output of chemicals, excluding pharmaceuticals, in Germany in 2012 compared with 2011, and stagnant industry sales of €184.2 billion with selling prices up 2.5%. Germany's chemical...

This information is only available to Chemical Week subscribers.

Forgot your user ID or password?
Click here to have it sent to you.

Email Address First Name Last Name

Not an IHS Chemical Week 24/7 member yet? Here's why you should be: Searchable online archive access of the last 2 years of Chemical Week. Print or digital magazine subscription Price and market change alerts Economic data and statistics Buyers' Guides Webcasts | whitepapers