1 Facts and Figures The European chemicals industry in a worldwide perspective (September 2010) Dr Moncef Hadhri: Chief Economist: Cefic

2 Chemical Industry Profile

3 World chemicals sales: geographic breakdown

4 World chemicals sales by region

5 World exports and imports of chemicals: regional shares Source: Cefic Chemdata International World exports of chemicals*, 2009 (share %) World imports of chemicals*, 2009 (share %) *including intra EU trade

6 EU chemical industry sales: geographic breakdown

7 EU chemicals industry sales: sectoral breakdown Source: Cefic Chemdata International

8 EU chemicals industry sales: structure by destination

9 EU chemical industry sales structure

10 Added value in EU chemicals and other manufacturing sectors

11 EU manufacturing industry: gross operating surplus/ turnover

12 Contribution of the chemical industry to the EU economy

13 EU chemical industry: number of enterprises, sales and employment by size-class

14 European chemical industry’s public image

15 International Trade

16 Extra-EU chemicals trade balance

17 Extra-EU chemicals trade by region (exports & imports)

18 NAFTA LAC** Africa Rest of the World Rest of Europe Asia* Japan Source: Cefic Chemdata International Extra-EU chemicals trade flows with major geographic blocs * excl. Japan; **Latin America and the Caribbean EU chemicals trade flows in euro billion (2009)

19 EU chemicals trade surplus: sectoral breakdown

20 EU chemicals trade competitive analysis broken down by region EU has a trade surplus but its positive competitive position weakened EU has a trade surplus and its healthy competitive position improved EU has a trade deficit and its competitive position weakened EU has a trade deficit but its weak competitive position improved Source: Cefic Chemdata International; ( ) vs. ( ) USAJapanBrazilRussiaIndiaChina South Korea Middle EastAsia Rest of Asia Basic Inorganics Petrochemicals Polymers Specialty Chemicals Consumer Chemicals Chemicals (sum)

21 EU chemicals trade competitive analysis broken down by sector

22 EU chemicals trade competitive analysis broken down by region

23 Growth

24 Production, trade and consumption growth

25 Chemicals growth performance against total manufacturing

26 EU chemicals production growth: latest trend and outlook

27 EU Chemical outlook

28 International comparison of production growth

29 International comparison of production growth (continued)

30 Chemicals sales by country: top 30

31 Cost

32 Cost structure

33 Labour cost per employee

34 Labour cost per employee and productivity

35 Energy

36 EU chemicals* industry energy consumption by source

37 Energy intensity* in the EU chemicals industry

38 Energy intensity*: European Union versus United States

39 Employment

40 Employment in the chemicals industry: EU versus the USA

41 Labour productivity

42 EU manufacturing industry: breakdown of investment per employee

43 EU manufacturing industry: breakdown of labour cost per employee

44 EU labour productivity: chemicals vs. total manufacturing

45 EU chemicals industry: percentage of workers by level of education

46 Investment and R&D

47 Capital spending* in the EU Source: Cefic Chemdata International *including pharmaceuticals

48 Capital spending* by region *including pharmaceuticals, **estimated data for JapanSource: Cefic Chemdata International

49 R&D spending by region **estimated for EU13Source: Cefic Chemdata International

50 Total R&D spending

51 Sustainable Development

52 Greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and production

53 Greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy consumption and per unit of production

54 Greenhouse gas emissions per production: EU versus US