Chemicals Global Market Briefing Report 2015

Chemicals Global Market Briefing Report 2015 provides strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the global chemical sector.

Reasons to Purchase

• Get up to date information available on the chemical market globally.
• Identify growth segments and opportunities.
• Facilitate decision making on the basis of historic and forecast data and understand the drivers and restraints on the market. 
• Develop strategies based on likely future developments.
• Gain a global perspective on the development of the market.


Description

Chemical Global Market Report from the Business Research Company covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. 
The market characteristics section of the report defines and explains the market.
The market size section gives the chemical market revenues, covering both the historic growth of the market and forecasting the future.  Drivers and restraints looks at the external factors supporting and controlling the growth of the market.

Market segmentations break down the key sub sectors which make up the market. The regional breakdowns section gives the size of the market geographically.
Competitive landscape gives a description of the competitive nature of the market, market shares, and a description of the leading companies. Key financial deals which have shaped the market in the last three years are identified. 

The trends and strategies section highlights the likely future developments in the x market and suggests approaches. 


Scope

Markets Covered: petrochemical, plastics material and resin and general chemical products
Companies Mentioned: BASF, Dow Chemical Company, Sinopec, SABIC, Exxon mobil, Dupont, Formosa plastics, Ineos, Sabic, Lyndell basell Industries and Bayer
Geographic scope: Americas, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa 
Time series: Five years historic and forecast.
Data: Market value in $ millions.
Data segmentations: Regional breakdowns, market share of competitors, key sub segments.
Sourcing and Referencing: Data and analysis throughout the report is sourced using end notes.

Executive Summary
The global economy is expected to go through a continued period of steady growth during 2014-18. The chemicals sector grew from $3,435 billion in 2010 to $4,406 billion in 2014 at a compound annual growth rate of 6.4%. The chemicals market is fragmented. The top 5 competitors in the market made up 6.3% of the total market share in 2014.  BASF was the largest competitor with 1.8% of the market, followed by Dow Chemical Company with 1.3% and Sinopec with 1.3%. The focus of production is now being shifted to developing countries like China, India and the Middle East, as these countries are increasingly investing in local chemical production. The total chemical sales in Asia are now almost double that of Europe.