EU Chemicals Production Falls 2.2 % in First Two Months of 2012

Chemicals production in the EU decreased 2.2% in the first two months of 2012, and 2.4% in February 2012 on a year-on-year basis, according to Cefic's recent report on monthly chemicals trends. Consumer chemicals was the only sub-sector that experienced an increase, up 0.7% during February 2012, compared with February 2011, while basic inorganics and specialty chemicals output decreased by 5.2% and 4.5%, respectively, year over year. Petrochemicals and polymers production also fell in February 2012 compared with the same period the previous year, by 3.5% and...

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