Datamonitor's Commodity Chemicals: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Commodity Chemicals industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.
Scope of the Report
Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation
Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards
Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on 5 major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).
Includes a five-year forecast of the industry
Highlights
The global commodity chemicals market grew by 2.2% in 2008 to reach a value of $1,242.4 billion.
In 2013, the global commodity chemicals market is forecast to have a value of $1,460.5 billion, an increase of 17.6% since 2008.
Resins, synthetic rubber and fibers segment accounts for 36% of the global commodity chemicals market's value.
Asia-Pacific accounts for 37.7% of the global commodity chemicals market's value.Why you should buy this report
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Market Definition
The global commodity chemical is valued as the revenues accrued by companies from the sales of industrial chemicals and basic chemicals. These include but are not limited to plastics, synthetic fibers, films, commodity-based paints & pigments, explosives and petrochemicals. The market excludes chemical companies classified in the diversified chemicals, fertilizers & agricultural chemicals, industrial gases, or specialty chemicals sub-industries.